giant.
A mythical human or humanoid of very great size.
Meaning & usage
A mythical human or humanoid of very great size.
Specifically: Any of the gigantes, the race of giants in the Greek mythology.
Specifically: An eoten or jotun.
A very tall and large person.
A tall species of a particular animal or plant.
A star that is considerably more luminous than a main sequence star of the same temperature.
An Ethernet packet that exceeds the medium's maximum packet size of 1,518 bytes.
A very large organization.
The retail giant is set to acquire two more struggling high-street chains.
A person of extraordinary strength or powers, bodily or intellectual.
A maneuver involving a full rotation around an axis while fully extended.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English geaunt, geant, from Old French geant, gaiant (Modern French géant) from Vulgar Latin *gagās, gagant-, from Latin gigās, gigant-, from Ancient Greek γίγας (gígas, “giant”). Cognate to giga- (“1,000,000,000”). Largely Displaced native Old English ent (“giant”), Old English eoten (“giant or jötunn”), and Old English þyrs (“giant or ogre”). Compare English ent (“giant tree-man”), ettin (“giant or troll”) and thurse (“giant”).
Very large.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English geaunt, geant, from Old French geant, gaiant (Modern French géant) from Vulgar Latin *gagās, gagant-, from Latin gigās, gigant-, from Ancient Greek γίγας (gígas, “giant”). Cognate to giga- (“1,000,000,000”). Largely Displaced native Old English ent (“giant”), Old English eoten (“giant or jötunn”), and Old English þyrs (“giant or ogre”). Compare English ent (“giant tree-man”), ettin (“giant or troll”) and thurse (“giant”).
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