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giantess

UK/ˈd͡ʒaɪəntɛs/

giantess noun: a female giant.

Noun

giantess (plural giantesses)

  1. A female giant.
    • He spide far off a mighty Giauntesse / Fast flying, on a Courser dapled gray […]1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto VII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
    • In the corner lay against the wall a stringed instrument not unlike a dulcimer, which, as people believe, the Giantesses used to play on.1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 218

giantess meaning in Odia

giantess in Odia

female giant
ଅସୁରୀ asurī

Examples of giantess in a sentence

  • The giantess picked him up and gave him such a squeeze that he felt he was going to choke.1926, Enid Blyton, The Book of Brownies:
  • The giantesses lift arms like the trunks of sycamores, each finger tipped with an amaranthine talon.1981, Gene Wolfe, chapter VIII, in The Claw of the Conciliator (The Book of the New Sun; 2), New York: Timescape, →ISBN, page 72:

Forms of giantess

pluralgiantesses

Origin of giantess

From Middle English geauntesse, geaunesse, from Old French; equivalent to giant + -ess.

Questions about giantess

What does giantess mean?
Giantess means a female giant.
What is giantess in Odia?
Giantess in Odia is ଅସୁରୀ (asurī). See Giantess meaning in Odia.
How do you use giantess in a sentence?
The giantess picked him up and gave him such a squeeze that he felt he was going to choke.
What part of speech is giantess?
Giantess is a noun.
How do you pronounce giantess?
Giantess is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒaɪəntɛs/ (UK).
What is the plural of giantess?
The plural of giantess is giantesses.

Words near giantess in the dictionary

  1. giant-killings
  2. giantdom
  3. giante
  4. giantes
  5. giantesque
  6. giantess
  7. giantesse
  8. giantesses
  9. gianthood
  10. giantin
  11. giantish

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