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English
Etymology
From Latin giganteus. See giant.
Adjective
gigantean (comparative more gigantean, superlative most gigantean)
- (obsolete) giant-like; gigantic, mighty.
a. 1687, Henry More, Out of the Anthologie a Distick:When the strong Fates with Gigantean force , Bear thee in iron arms without remorse
1642, Thomas Barton, “Section II”, in ΑΠΟΔΕΙΞΙΣ ΤΟΥ ΑΝΤΙΤΕΙΧΙΣΜΑΤΟΣ. Or, A Tryall of the Covnter-scarfe, Made 1642. , London: Printed by Thomas Purslow, for Andrew Crooke, , published 1643, →OCLC, page 16:our Mercuriall wit hath mangonized a Gigantean fury with an humble hue.
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