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giantess|ˈdʒaɪəntɪs|
Forms: see giant. Also 5 geaunesse.
[f. giant n. + -ess.]
A she-giant; a woman of abnormal bulk and height.
c1380Sir Ferumb. 4663 Amyote hure damme, a geauntesse. c1400Sowdone Bab. 2943 This Barrok was a geaunesse. 1590Spenser F.Q. iii. vii. 37 He spide far off a mighty Giauntesse. 1627Hakewill Apol. iii. v. §4. 202 The woman Gyantesse before mentioned ws so strong, that shee would lift vp in either hand a barrell full of Hamborough beere. 1663Cowley Ess., Greatness (1669) 121 He kept a Concubine that was a very Gyantess. 1825J. Neal Br. Jonathan III. 447 ‘Who are you?’ cried Savage; throwing himself at her, as if she were a giantess.
transf. and fig.1640Howell Dodona's Gr. 71 Which were shee entirely subject to the Cedar, would..bee able of her selfe to make head against that huge Giantess Alcarona. 1841W. Spalding Italy & It. Isl. I. 249 The giantess [Rome] had grown old and weak; but the life-blood still circled through her veins. 1865Sat. Rev. 25 Mar. 337 Intellectual giantesses are still rarer than intellectual giants. 1896Westm. Gaz. 3 Nov. 6/3 A magnificent giantess [a chrysanthemum] of pure white. |