giantessn.

Brit.

/dʒʌɪənˈtɛs/,

/ˈdʒʌɪəntᵻs/, U.S.

/ˈdʒaɪəntəs/

Forms: see giant n. and adj. Also Middle English geaunesse.

Etymology: < giant n. + -ess suffix¹.

A she-giant; a woman of abnormal bulk and height.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > bodily height > tallness > [noun] > and broadness > person > woman

giantessc1380

rouncival1596

Titanessa1599

rouncy1647

c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 4663 Amyote hure damme, a geauntesse.

c1450 (c1400) Sowdon of Babylon (1881) l. 2943 This Barrok was a geaunesse.

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. vii. sig. Ii5^v He spide far of a mighty Giauntesse.

1627 G. Hakewill Apologie iii. v. 202 The woman Gyantesse..was so strong, that shee would lift vp in either hand a barrell full of Hamborough beere.

1663 A. Cowley Ess. in Verse & Prose (1669) 121 He kept a Concubine that was a very Gyantess.

1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan III. 447 ‘Who are you?’ cried Savage; throwing himself at her, as if she were a giantess.

figurative and in extended use.1640 J. Howell Δενδρολογια 71 Which were shee entirely subject to the Cedar, would..bee able of her selfe to make head against that huge Giantesse Alcarona.1841 W. Spalding Italy & Ital. Islands I. 249 The giantess [Rome] had grown old and weak; but the life-blood still circled through her veins.1865 Sat. Rev. 25 Mar. 337 Intellectual giantesses are still rarer than intellectual giants.1896 Westm. Gaz. 3 Nov. 6/3 A magnificent giantess [a chrysanthemum] of pure white.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	giantess
释义	giantessn. Brit. /dʒʌɪənˈtɛs/, /ˈdʒʌɪəntᵻs/, U.S. /ˈdʒaɪəntəs/ Forms: see giant n. and adj. Also Middle English geaunesse. Etymology: < giant n. + -ess suffix¹. A she-giant; a woman of abnormal bulk and height. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily height > tallness > [noun] > and broadness > person > woman giantessc1380 rouncival1596 Titanessa1599 rouncy1647 c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 4663 Amyote hure damme, a geauntesse. c1450 (c1400) Sowdon of Babylon (1881) l. 2943 This Barrok was a geaunesse. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. vii. sig. Ii5^v He spide far of a mighty Giauntesse. 1627 G. Hakewill Apologie iii. v. 202 The woman Gyantesse..was so strong, that shee would lift vp in either hand a barrell full of Hamborough beere. 1663 A. Cowley Ess. in Verse & Prose (1669) 121 He kept a Concubine that was a very Gyantess. 1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan III. 447 ‘Who are you?’ cried Savage; throwing himself at her, as if she were a giantess. figurative and in extended use.1640 J. Howell Δενδρολογια 71 Which were shee entirely subject to the Cedar, would..bee able of her selfe to make head against that huge Giantesse Alcarona.1841 W. Spalding Italy & Ital. Islands I. 249 The giantess [Rome] had grown old and weak; but the life-blood still circled through her veins.1865 Sat. Rev. 25 Mar. 337 Intellectual giantesses are still rarer than intellectual giants.1896 Westm. Gaz. 3 Nov. 6/3 A magnificent giantess [a chrysanthemum] of pure white. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1380
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