Elephantine

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Of or relating to an elephant.
  • adj. Enormous in size or strength: "the proliferation of superstores, superstadiums, [and] elephantine convention centers” ( Herbert Muschamp).
  • adj. Ponderously clumsy.
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  • adj. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of elephants.
  • adj. Very large.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Pertaining to the elephant, or resembling an elephant (commonly, in size); hence, huge; immense; heavy
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Pertaining to the elephant; resembling an elephant.
  • Hence Elephant-like; huge; immense; heavy; clumsy: as, he was of elephantine proportions; elephantine movements.
  • Made or consisting of ivory. See chryselephantine.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. of great mass; huge and bulky
    • Equivalent
    big    large   
    Cross Reference
    elephantine epoch    elephantine books   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    immense    heavy    gigantic   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    unwieldy    old-world    knobby    half-hysterical    gouty   
     
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