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gianthood|ˈdʒaɪənthʊd| [f. giant n. + -hood.] a. The nature or characteristics of a giant; hugeness. b. concr. The race of giants.
1840Carlyle Heroes (1858) 199 A kind of vacant hugeness, large awkward gianthood, characterises that Norse System. 1859Gen. P. Thompson Audi Alt. II. lxxxii. 45 The strong-limbed gianthood of the olden time. |