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noun
1.
(in folklore) a being with human form but superhuman size, strength, etc.
2.
a person or thing of unusually great size, power, importance, etc.; major figure; legend: a giant in her field; an intellectual giant.
3.
(often initial capital letter) Classical Mythology. any of the Gigantes.
4.
Mining. monitor (def. 12).
5.
Astronomy. giant star.
adjective
6.
unusually large, great, or strong; gigantic; huge.
7.
greater or more eminent than others.
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Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English geant < Old French < Latin gigant- (stem of gigās) < Greek Gígās; replacing Old English gigant < Latin, as above
1250–1300; Middle English geant < Old French < Latin gigant- (stem of gigās) < Greek Gígās; replacing Old English gigant < Latin, as above
Related forms
gi·ant·like, adjective
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Word Origin & History
giant
c.1300, from O.Fr. geant, from V.L. *gagantem (nom. gagas), from L. gigas "giant," from Gk. gigas (gen. gigantos), one of a race of savage beings, sons of Gaia and Uranus, eventually destroyed by the gods, probably from a pre-Gk. language. Replaced O.E. ent, eoten. The Gk. word was used in Septuagint
EXPANDto refer to men of great size and strength, hence the expanded use in modern languages. Gigantic (1610s) replaced earlier gigantine.
COLLAPSE
"In þat tyme wer here non hauntes Of no men bot of geauntes." [Wace's Chronicle, c.1330]
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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