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ELEPHANTINE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does elephantine mean?
• ELEPHANTINE (adjective)
The adjective ELEPHANTINE has 1 sense:
1. of great mass; huge and bulky
Familiarity information: ELEPHANTINE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of great mass; huge and bulky
Synonyms:
elephantine; gargantuan; giant; jumbo
Context example:
jumbo shrimp
Similar:
big; large (above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent)
Context examples
I have just been telling you what I think, in order to explain why the elephantine gambols of Madame Tetralani spoil the orchestra for me.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
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