单词	elephantine
释义	elephantine adjective el·​e·​phan·​tine ˌe-lə-ˈfan-ˌtēn  -ˌtīn, ˈe-lə-fən- 1 a : having enormous size or strength : massive b : clumsy, ponderous elephantine verse 2 : of or relating to an elephant Synonyms astronomical astronomic Brobdingnagian bumper colossal cosmic cosmical cyclopean enormous galactic gargantuan giant gigantesque gigantic grand herculean heroic heroical Himalayan huge humongous humungous immense jumbo king-size king-sized leviathan mammoth massive mega mighty monster monstrous monumental mountainous oceanic pharaonic planetary prodigious super super-duper supersize supersized titanic tremendous vast vasty walloping whacking whopping See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences He has an elephantine ego. the wedding reception was held under an elephantine tent on the great lawn Recent Examples on the Web The life of a mastodon, an elephantine creature that roamed across North America 13,000 years ago, has been illuminated by a study of its tusks. Katie Hunt, CNN, 18 June 2022 Tweaks to its air springs and adaptive dampers lessen this elephantine SUV's body motions with little sacrifice to its ride quality. Greg Fink, Car and Driver, 13 June 2022 In the wet season, elephantine clouds roll in from the Congolese interior and the land glows with startling fecundity. Outside Online, 18 May 2015 Pop goddesses were not diving from the rafters and guitar heroes were not casting elephantine shadows. Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 14 Feb. 2022 Johns’s entire body of work, to go by this elephantine show of more than 500 works, is akin to a trove of Nabokovian love letters — obscure and thwarted, but also punning, mordant, full of life. Washington Post, 29 Sep. 2021 The final thing Heels’ second episode does solidify, though, is that in spite of the elephantine pressure to overexplain most of its characterization, there are the lovely little beats that arrive first. Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2021 The company has become elephantine in such a short time by offering customers the ability to make purchases and pay later, making money by charging merchants to utilize Klarna’s payment technology. Alexandra Sternlicht, Forbes, 1 June 2021 On one hand are the traditionalists and their elephantine memories, who cling to negative, decades-old impressions of pinotage the way former athletes cling to romantic idealizations of their long-ago glory days in sports. Cathy Huyghe, Forbes, 24 May 2021 See More Word History First Known Use 1610, in the meaning defined at sense 1a Geographical Definition Elephantine geographical name El·​e·​phan·​ti·​ne ˌe-lə-ˌfan-ˈtī-nē  -fən-, -ˈtē- island in the Nile River opposite Aswân in southern Egypt population 1814 elephantine adjective as in gigantic unusually large the wedding reception was held under an elephantine tent on the great lawn Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance gigantic giant colossal enormous mammoth vast huge massive tremendous immense titanic monumental astronomical monstrous bumper gargantuan monster mountainous mighty sizable big humongous oceanic oversize astronomic leviathan cyclopean grand mega prodigious cosmic jumbo planetary herculean walloping Brobdingnagian humungous galactic heroic whopping super oversized whacking pharaonic supersized substantial hulking great king-sized majestic supersize considerable outsize heroical gigantesque staggering king-size imposing formidable super-duper vasty cosmical Himalayan handsome voluminous gross infinite hefty extensive good bulky towering major outsized overgrown cavernous goodly grandiose tidy lofty monolithic stupendous sizeable overwhelming largish august boundless immeasurable Antonyms & Near Antonyms tiny diminutive microscopic infinitesimal miniature minuscule teensy teeny micro pygmy midget wee bitty microscopical small pocket puny bantam smallish little petite minute undersize mini Lilliputian little bitty undersized teensy-weensy dwarfish teeny-weeny microminiature dinky pint-sized pint-size half-pint See More
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