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giantish

giantish adjective: resembling or characteristic of a giant.

Adjective

giantish (comparative more giantish, superlative most giantish)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a giant.
    • The terms at the beginning and at the end of the Finn Episode suggest Finn's giantish side.2009, John F. Vickrey, Beowulf and the Illusion of History, page 71
    • Giantish or trollish ancestry is a source of great strength to some of these sagas' heroes […]2022, Katherine Marie Olley, Kinship in Old Norse Myth and Legend, page 55

Noun

giantish (uncountable)

  1. A fictional language spoken by giants.

Forms of giantish

comparativemore giantish
superlativemost giantish

Origin of giantish

From giant + -ish.

Questions about giantish

What does giantish mean?
Giantish means resembling or characteristic of a giant.
What part of speech is giantish?
Giantish can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near giantish in the dictionary

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

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