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leviathan Definition

le·via·than (lə vī′ə t̸hən)

noun

  1. Bible a sea monster, variously thought of as a reptile or a whale
  2. anything huge or very powerful

Etymology: ME < LL(Ec) < Heb liwyāthān < base akin to Akkadian lawū, to surround, Ar liyatu, snake

leviathan Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • become: They became leviathans of the restoration of the Affric pine woods.

Adjective modifier

  • great: The handsome radiator cap mascot provides an excellent sighting device as you navigate this great leviathan of an MG.
  • huge: From the tiny minnow to the huge leviathan, do not all creatures that swim in the waters laud and magnify His great Name?
  • giant: Then - like a giant leviathan, its mottled white mouth agape, wide enough to swallow me whole - the shark appeared.
  • corporate: There will be no conquering hero to deliver us from the corporate leviathan.
  • new: A new leviathan The answers seem to lie in the larger architecture of the Bush foreign policy, or Bush Doctrine.
leviathan Quotes

Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook?

—Bible (Old Testament)

Soisthisgreat and widesea, whereinarethings creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts. There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein. These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give them their meat in due season.

—Bible (Old Testament)

Browse dictionary entries near leviathan

  1. ‹ leviable
  2. ‹ Levi's
  3. ‹ Levi
  4. ‹ leveret
  5. ‹ leveraged loans
  6. ‹ leveraged buyout
  7. ‹ leverage
  8. ‹ lever
  9. ‹ levelheaded
  10. ‹ leveler
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