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† gigantine, a. Obs.
[a. F. gigantin (Cotgr.), f. L. gigant-, gigās giant.]
= gigantic, in various senses.
1605Bacon Adv. Learn. ii. xxi. §1. 74 That Gygantine state of mind which possesseth the trowblers of the world..who..would giue fourm to the world according to their owne humors (which is the trewe theomachie), pretendeth [etc.]. 1664Evelyn tr. Freart's Archit. ii. 10 The heroick and gigantine manner of this Order. 1696tr. Du Mont's Voy. Levant 3 A Man of such Gigantine Stature.
Hence † gigantinism, gigantic development.
1606W. Birnie Kirk-Buriall Ded., Such vigorous talnes in statur and strength..that..by a grace-full Gygantinisme, the commonly doughty are become your dwarfes. |