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gianthood

gianthood noun: the state of being a giant.

Noun

gianthood (uncountable)

  1. The state of being a giant.
    • A kind of vacant hugeness, large awkward gianthood, characterises that Norse System; enormous force, as yet altogether untutored, stalking helpless with large uncertain strides.1840 May 5, Thomas Carlyle, “Lecture I. The Hero as Divinity. Odin. Paganism: Scandinavian Mythology.”, in On Heroes, Hero-Worship and The Heroic in History, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published...

Origin of gianthood

From giant + -hood.

Questions about gianthood

What does gianthood mean?
Gianthood means the state of being a giant.
What part of speech is gianthood?
Gianthood is a noun.

Words near gianthood in the dictionary

  1. giantes
  2. giantesque
  3. giantess
  4. giantesse
  5. giantesses
  6. gianthood
  7. giantin
  8. giantish
  9. giantism
  10. giantisms
  11. giantize

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