English Explanatory Dictionary

Briarean

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Relating to, or resembling, Briareus, a giant fabled to have a hundred hands; many-handed.

Pronunciation

/bɹaɪˈɛə.ɹi.ən/ /bɹaɪˈɛ.ɹi.ən/

Word forms

Briarean more Briarean most Briarean

Etymology

From Latin Briareius, from Briareus (“a mythological hundred-handed giant”).

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