elephantineadj.

/ɛlɪˈfantʌɪn/

/ɛlɪˈfantɪn/

Etymology: < Latin elephantinus, < Greek ἐλεϕάντινος , < ἐλέϕας elephant n.

1. Of or pertaining to an elephant, or elephants. elephantine epoch (Geology): the period marked by the abundance of large pachydermata.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > order Proboscidea (elephants) > [adjective] > relating to elephants

elephantic1598

elephantine1675

elephantoid1841

1675 T. Hobbes tr. Homer Odysses xix. 239 Find a word of truth you never will In those that come through th' Elephantine tooth.

a1711 T. Ken Edmund in Wks. (1721) II. i. 26 Their Garment was an Elephantine Hide.

1769 W. Hunter in Philos. Trans. 1768 (Royal Soc.) 58 46 It was true elephantine ivory.

a1794 W. Jones Tales (1807) 180 Chaste elephantine bone By min'rals ting'd.

1862 T. H. Huxley On Knowl. Causes Phenomena Org. Nature 145 An elephantine mammal.

1875 Wonders Physical World II. iv. 300 Fossil elephantine remains.

2. Elephant-like, resembling an elephant in action or manner; clumsy, unwieldy.

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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adjective] > of large volume or bulky > and clumsy

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hippopotamic1853

hippopotamian1864

megatherial1894

hippopotamine1911

1826 T. Hood Remonstratory Ode in Whims & Oddities 103 While poor elephantine I pick up a sixpence.

1860 J. G. Holland Miss Gilbert's Career ix. 146 Cattle..frisked in ungraceful, elephantine play.

1881 Macmillan's Mag. 44 478/2 The good-humour and somewhat elephantine spirits of the others were quite inexhaustible.

3. Resembling an elephant in size or strength; (of a task) requiring the strength of an elephant.

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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adjective] > huge

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1631 R. Brathwait Eng. Gentlewoman 15 Wearing great sleeues, mishapen Elephantine bodies, traines sweeping the earth.

a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Linc. 164 This elephantine birth [sc. a book of seven volumes].

1788 J. Wesley Wks. (1872) VII. 24 Let there be..no elephantine hats or bonnets.

1849 C. Stovel Canne's Necessitie of Separation Introd. p. lxxxi Elephantine as its strength appeared..its back was broken.

1880 Sat. Rev. 20 Mar. 387 The task of reviewing a dictionary must needs be elephantine.

4. elephantine leprosy n. rare = elephantiasis n.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > skin disorders > [noun] > elephantiasis

elephantica1492

elephancy1547

elephantiasis1581

hoar-leprosya1616

joint-evil1669

cocobay1788

elephantine leprosy1843

Barbados leg1849

spargosis1867

1843 G. Borrow Bible in Spain II. ix. 192 Sad is leprosy in all its forms, but most so when elephantine.

5. Roman History (see quot. 1751). Also allusive.

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1695 Ld. Preston tr. Boethius Of Consol. Philos. iii. 99 My Eye into each page shall look Of the Elephantine Book [note, the Book of Nature].

1751 Chambers's Cycl. (ed. 7) Elephantine..applied to certain books of the ancient Romans, wherein were recorded the transactions of the emperors, and the proceedings, acts, etc. of the senate. They were called elephantine, because composed of ivory leaves, or tablets.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	elephantine
释义	elephantineadj. /ɛlɪˈfantʌɪn//ɛlɪˈfantɪn/ Etymology: < Latin elephantinus, < Greek ἐλεϕάντινος , < ἐλέϕας elephant n. 1. Of or pertaining to an elephant, or elephants. elephantine epoch (Geology): the period marked by the abundance of large pachydermata. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > order Proboscidea (elephants) > [adjective] > relating to elephants elephantic1598 elephantine1675 elephantoid1841 1675 T. Hobbes tr. Homer Odysses xix. 239 Find a word of truth you never will In those that come through th' Elephantine tooth. a1711 T. Ken Edmund in Wks. (1721) II. i. 26 Their Garment was an Elephantine Hide. 1769 W. Hunter in Philos. Trans. 1768 (Royal Soc.) 58 46 It was true elephantine ivory. a1794 W. Jones Tales (1807) 180 Chaste elephantine bone By min'rals ting'd. 1862 T. H. Huxley On Knowl. Causes Phenomena Org. Nature 145 An elephantine mammal. 1875 Wonders Physical World II. iv. 300 Fossil elephantine remains. 2. Elephant-like, resembling an elephant in action or manner; clumsy, unwieldy. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adjective] > of large volume or bulky > and clumsy unridec1175 un-i-weldec1275 boistous?a1400 cumbrousa1400 roida1450 clubbishc1530 lumpish?1573 bouncing1579 unwieldy1582 boisterous1590 unfeirdyc1590 lumbering1593 cumbersome1594 elephantic1598 elephant-likea1603 moliminous1642 clumpish1681 rhinocerical1689 hulking1699 hulky1785 lumberly1805 elephantine1826 rhinocerial1828 lumbersome1834 clumpy1836 lumbrous1836 hippopotamic1853 hippopotamian1864 megatherial1894 hippopotamine1911 1826 T. Hood Remonstratory Ode in Whims & Oddities 103 While poor elephantine I pick up a sixpence. 1860 J. G. Holland Miss Gilbert's Career ix. 146 Cattle..frisked in ungraceful, elephantine play. 1881 Macmillan's Mag. 44 478/2 The good-humour and somewhat elephantine spirits of the others were quite inexhaustible. 3. Resembling an elephant in size or strength; (of a task) requiring the strength of an elephant. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adjective] > huge unmeeteOE unmeetlyOE hugea1275 hideousc1330 infinitec1385 unmeasureda1398 unmeasurablec1405 hugyc1420 immeasurable1440 ingentc1450 unmeetlyc1450 giant1480 immense1490 monstrous?a1513 unmeasurely1513 hugeousa1529 unportable1537 enormous1544 enormc1560 giantly1561 immensible1579 rouncival1582 dismeasured1584 vast1585 immeasured1590 gargantuan1596 omnipotent1596 colossian1601 immane1601 prodigious1601 Polyphemian1602 Titanian1603 titanical1603 gigantical1604 immensive1604 gigantine1605 colossic1607 gigantean1611 Gogmagotical1612 gigantal?1614 Babylonian1617 leviathan1625 titanic1628 elephantine1631 gigantive1638 colossean1644 decumanal1652 immensurate1654 gigant1658 decuman1659 colossal1664 abnormous1710 Brobdingnagian1728 Brobdingnag1731 Pantagruelian1737 heroic1785 Patagonian1786 seven-league1787 Titan1793 gigantic1797 seven-leagued1799 mammoth1801 dimensionless1813 tremendous1813 gigantesque1821 monster1837 titanesque1838 monstre1840 giantlike1847 leviathanic1848 pythonic1851 Babylonic1853 supercolossal1871 giantesque1909 behemothian1910 supergiant1919 ginormous1942 big-ass1945 Ozymandian1961 fuck-off1962 mega1968 humongous1970 monstro1970 big-assed1972 big-arsed1996 1631 R. Brathwait Eng. Gentlewoman 15 Wearing great sleeues, mishapen Elephantine bodies, traines sweeping the earth. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Linc. 164 This elephantine birth [sc. a book of seven volumes]. 1788 J. Wesley Wks. (1872) VII. 24 Let there be..no elephantine hats or bonnets. 1849 C. Stovel Canne's Necessitie of Separation Introd. p. lxxxi Elephantine as its strength appeared..its back was broken. 1880 Sat. Rev. 20 Mar. 387 The task of reviewing a dictionary must needs be elephantine. 4. elephantine leprosy n. rare = elephantiasis n. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > skin disorders > [noun] > elephantiasis elephantica1492 elephancy1547 elephantiasis1581 hoar-leprosya1616 joint-evil1669 cocobay1788 elephantine leprosy1843 Barbados leg1849 spargosis1867 1843 G. Borrow Bible in Spain II. ix. 192 Sad is leprosy in all its forms, but most so when elephantine. 5. Roman History (see quot. 1751). Also allusive. ΚΠ 1695 Ld. Preston tr. Boethius Of Consol. Philos. iii. 99 My Eye into each page shall look Of the Elephantine Book [note, the Book of Nature]. 1751 Chambers's Cycl. (ed. 7) Elephantine..applied to certain books of the ancient Romans, wherein were recorded the transactions of the emperors, and the proceedings, acts, etc. of the senate. They were called elephantine, because composed of ivory leaves, or tablets. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1631
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