English Explanatory Dictionary

elephantine

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of, relating to, resembling, or characteristic of elephants.
  2. Very large.
noun
  1. Any member of the subfamily Elephantinae of elephants and their extinct close relatives.
name
  1. An island in the river Nile, and the ancient city that occupied it.
adj
  1. Of, from, or pertaining to Elephantine or the Elephantine people.

Pronunciation

/ɛl.əˈfæn.tin/ /ɛl.əˈfæn.taɪn/ /ˈɛl.ə.fən.tin/ /ˈɛl.ə.fən.taɪn/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-elephantine.wav

Word forms

elephantine more elephantine most elephantine elephantines

Etymology

From Latin elephantīn(us). By surface analysis, elephant + -ine.

Synonyms

elephantesque elephantic elephantish elephantlike elephanty ample big cosmic bodacious broad commodious considerable expansive good-sized full generous giant grand great hefty hench immense jumbo larger than life largifical leviathan liberal long massive mega- overlarge outsized oversize oversized prodigious roomy rotund sizeable spacious stonking substantial tall vast voluminous wide astronomic behemothic big fat boxcar Brobdingnagian bulky colossal cyclopean Daniel Lambertish elephantine enormous gargantuan giantesque gigantesque gigantic

Related words

hippopotamine rhinocerine Elephantine papyri

Derived words

elephantine epoch elephantine leprosy elephantine tortoise
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