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gi·ant (jī′ənt)

noun

  1. Gr. Myth. any of a race of huge beings of human form who war with the gods
  2. any imaginary being of human form but of superhuman size and strength
  3. a person or thing of great size, intellect, etc.

Etymology: ME geant < NormFr gaiant (OFr jaiant) < VL *gagante < L gigas (pl. gigantes), huge fabled beings (in Vulg., giant) < Gr gigas (gen. gigantos), in LXX, a man of great size and strength

adjective

like a giant; of great size, strength, etc.

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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