elephantine Definition
el·ephan·tine (el′ə fan′tēn′, el′ə fən tēn′; --tīn′)
adjective
- of an elephant or elephants
- like an elephant in size or gait; huge, heavy, slow, clumsy, ungainly, etc.
Etymology: L elephantinus < Gr elephantinos
Elephantine Definition
El·ephan·tine (el′ə fan tī′nē, -tē′-)
small island in the Nile, opposite Aswan: site of ancient ruins
elephantine Synonyms
elephantine
modif.
elephantine Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- self-aggrandisement: Well, in short, it's their propensity for elephantine self-aggrandisement.
- sapphire: Think the moon is a blue moon, a single elephantine sapphire.
- brass: Both have the requisite elephantine brass, but matched up with urgent drums they really do the biz!
- size: The name comes partly from the elephantine size but also from the trunk like proboscis possessed by the bulls.
- back: Ganesha, Ganesha, Ganesha...me on his elephantine back, traipsing through the sun-lit Universe...beckoning the errant hitchhiking bikers to climb aboard.
- way: Getting the suit was a doddle, although the trousers sagged in an alarmingly elephantine way.
Modifying Another Word
so: A piano sound so elephantine it all but trampled over and squashed flat the entire ensemble, even when merely comping.
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