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語源

From Ancient Greek γιγαντικός (gigantikós), ultimately from γίγας (gígas, “giant”). According to the Poly-Olbion project coined by Michael Drayton in 1612.

発音

• enPR: jī-găn'tĭk
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /d͡ʒaɪˈɡæntɪk/
  • (General American, Canada) IPA: /d͡ʒaɪˈɡæntɪk/, [d͡ʒaɪˈɡɛəntɪk]
• 韻: -æntɪk

形容詞

gigantic (comparative more gigantic, superlative most gigantic)

1. Very large.
   • 1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion, song 1 p. 1:

     Thou Genius of the place (this most renowned Ile)
     Which livedst long before the All-earth-drowning Flood,
     Whilst yet the world did swarme with her Gigantick brood;

   • 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXXII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 259:

     It is in solitude that the imagination exercises its gigantic power; and where are a woman's feelings nurtured but in solitude?

2. (slang) Excellent; very good or exciting.

   This band is going to be gigantic.

3. In the manner of a giant. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

同意語

• gigantesque
• See also Thesaurus:large

派生語

関連する語

• giant