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[ jahy-gan-tesk ] / ˌdʒaɪ gænˈtɛsk / SEE SYNONYMS FOR gigantesque ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveof a huge or gigantic size; of or suited to a giant. Origin of gigantesque1815–25; <French <Italian gigantesco, equivalent to gigantegiant + -esco-esque Words nearby gigantesquegigaflop, gigaflops, gigahertz, gigantean, Gigantes, gigantesque, gigantic, gigantism, giganto-, gigantomachy, gigantomastia Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for gigantesqueFlaubert scribbled on Du Camp's letters another of his favourite expletives, Gigantesque! Two or three gigantesque meeting-houses, featureless and sombre, domineer over the roofs around them. Uppingham by the Sea|John Henry Skrine Everything about this great composer was gigantesque, as became a giant. Genius in Sunshine and Shadow|Maturin Murray Ballou In a city like ours, every thing should be in keeping, and the predominant principle should be the gigantesque. The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 4, April, 1852|Various
There was something, too, in its order, by which it resembled the gigantesque features of the old Greek master. Atlantic Monthly, Vol. XII. September, 1863, No. LXXI.|Various
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