elephantine, gargantuan, giant, jumbo
(adjective) of great mass; huge and bulky; “a jumbo jet”; “jumbo shrimp”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Elephantine
An island in the river Nile, and the ancient city that occupied it.
Elephantine (not comparable)
Of, from, or pertaining to Elephantine or the Elephantine people.
elephantine (comparative more elephantine, superlative most elephantine)
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of elephants.
Very large.
• (of or relating to elephants): elephantic, elephantlike
• (very large): See also gigantic
Source: Wiktionary
El`e*phan"tine, a. Etym: [L. elephantinus of ivory, Gr. éléphantin.]
Definition: Pertaining to the elephant, or resembling an elephant (commonly, in size); hence, huge; immense; heavy; as, of elephantine proportions; an elephantine step or tread. Elephantine epoch (Geol.), the epoch distinguished by the existence of large pachyderms. Mantell.
– Elephantine tortoise (Zoöl.), a huge land tortoise; esp., Testudo elephantina, from islands in the Indian Ocean; and T. elephantopus, from the Galapagos Islands.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
31 January 2025
(noun) the act of dispersing or diffusing something; “the dispersion of the troops”; “the diffusion of knowledge”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
