elephantine

Speech parts

1. elephantine - Adjective

2. elephantine - Adjective Satellite

3. Elephantine - Proper noun

Meaning

Pertaining to the elephant, or resembling an elephant (commonly, in size); hence, huge; immense; heavy; as, of elephantine proportions; an elephantine step or tread.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

gargantuan titanic large heavy jumbo BIG huge massive vast enormous giant tremendous immense gigantic bulky
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Antonyms

haggard small little pygmy peewee gaunt
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Phrases with the word

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Examples

Joyce is a poet and also an elephantine pedant. George Orwell

Even in a time of elephantine vanity and greed, one never has to look far to see the campfires of gentle people. Garrison Keillor

The U.N. bureaucracy has grown to elephantine proportions. Now that the Cold War is over, we are asking that elephant to do gymnastics. Madeleine Albright

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Aramaic papyri have been found in large numbers in Egypt, especially at Elephantine – among them are official and private documents of the Jewish military settlement in 5 BC. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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