giant
giant Lexical Profile
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• adjective
Of very great size, force, or extent; huge or enormous.
"The bakery unveiled a giant cake to celebrate the town's bicentennial."
• noun
An imaginary or mythical being of human form but superhuman size and strength.
"In classic folklore, the hero often uses wit rather than brute strength to outsmart a fearsome giant."
A person, animal, plant, or thing of unusually great size, power, or stature.
"The coastal redwood is a towering giant among North American trees."
A person or organization of exceptional importance, influence, reputation, or ability in a particular field.
"She is widely regarded as an intellectual giant in the field of theoretical physics."
A star of exceptionally large radius and high luminosity relative to other stars of the same surface temperature.
"In about five billion years, our sun will exhaust its core hydrogen and expand into a red giant."
Word Nuance & Usage
As an adjective, 'giant' is almost always used attributively before a noun (e.g., 'a giant tree'); in predicate positions after a linking verb, 'gigantic' or 'huge' is strongly preferred (e.g., 'the tree is gigantic').
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed from Old French 'geant', from Vulgar Latin '*gagantem' (classical Latin 'gigantem', nominative 'gigas'), which derives from Ancient Greek 'gigas' (genitive 'gigantos'), referring to the mythological race of monstrous beings born from Gaia and Uranus.