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Pertaining to the elephant, or resembling an elephant ; hence, huge; immense; heavy; as, of elephantine proportions; an elephantine step or tread. Elephantine epoch , the epoch distinguished by the existence of large pachyderms. Mantell.

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Pertaining to the elephant, or resembling an elephant ; hence, huge; immense; heavy; as, of elephantine proportions; an elephantine step or tread. Elephantine epoch , the epoch distinguished by the existence of large pachyderms. Mantell. -- Elephantine tortoise , a huge land tortoise; esp., Testudo elephantina, from islands in the Indian Ocean; and T. elephantopus, from the Galapagos Islands.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of ELEPHANTINE)

• Enormous
• Huge
• immense
• gigantic
• colossal
• elephantine
• vast
• gross
• monstrous
• prodigious

Related words: (words related to ELEPHANTINE)

• IMMENSENESS
  The state of being immense.
• ENORMOUSLY
  In an enormous degree.
• ENORMOUS
  1. Exceeding the usual rule, norm, or measure; out of due proportion; inordinate; abnormal. "Enormous bliss." Milton. "This enormous state." Shak. "The hoop's enormous size." Jenyns. Wallowing unwieldy, enormous in their gait. Milton.
• MONSTROUS
  1. Marvelous; strange. 2. Having the qualities of a monster; deviating greatly from the natural form or character; abnormal; as, a monstrous birth. Locke. He, therefore, that refuses to do good to them whom he is bound to love ... is unnatural
• GIGANTIC
  1. Of extraordinary size; like a giant. 2. Such as a giant might use, make, or cause; immense; tremendous; extraordinarly; as, gigantic deeds; gigantic wickedness. Milton. When descends on the Atlantic The gigantic Strom wind of the equinox.
• GIGANTICAL
  Bulky, big. Burton. -- Gi*gan"tic*al*ly, adv.
• ENORMOUSNESS
  The state of being enormous.
• PRODIGIOUSNESS
  The quality or state of being prodigious; the state of having qualities that excite wonder or astonishment; enormousness; vastness.
• GROSSULAR
  Pertaining too, or resembling, a gooseberry; as, grossular garnet. (more info) of Ribes, including the gooseberry, fr. F. groseille. See
• PRODIGIOUSLY
  1. Enormously; wonderfully; astonishingly; as, prodigiously great. 2. Very much; extremely; as, he was prodigiously pleased. Pope.
• GROSS-HEADED
  Thick-skulled; stupid.
• IMMENSELY
  In immense manner or degree.
• ELEPHANTINE
  Pertaining to the elephant, or resembling an elephant ; hence, huge; immense; heavy; as, of elephantine proportions; an elephantine step or tread. Elephantine epoch , the epoch distinguished by the existence of large pachyderms. Mantell.
• GROSS
  grossus, perh. fr. L. crassus thick, dense, fat, E. crass, cf. Skr. grathita tied together, wound up, hardened. Cf. Engross, Grocer, 1. Great; large; bulky; fat; of huge size; excessively large. "A gross fat man." Shak. A gross body of horse under
• GROSSIFICATION
  The swelling of the ovary of plants after fertilization. Henslow. (more info) 1. The act of making gross or thick, or the state of becoming so.
• GROSSBEAK
  See GROSBEAK
• COLOSSAL
  Of a size larger than heroic. See Heroic. (more info) 1. Of enormous size; gigantic; huge; as, a colossal statue. "A colossal stride." Motley.
• GROSSNESS
  The state or quality of being gross; thickness; corpulence; coarseness; shamefulness. Abhor the swinish grossness that delights to wound the' ear of delicacy. Dr. T. Dwight.
• MONSTROUSLY
  In a monstrous manner; unnaturally; extraordinarily; as, monstrously wicked. "Who with his wife is monstrously in love." Dryden.
• PRODIGIOUS
  1. Of the nature of a prodigy; marvelous; wonderful; portentous. Spenser. It is prodigious to have thunder in a clear sky. Sir T. Browne. 2. Extraordinary in bulk, extent, quantity, or degree; very great; vast; huge; immense; as, a prodigious
• INGROSS
  See ENGROSS
• CHRYSELEPHANTINE
  Composed of, or adorned with, gold and ivory. Note: The chryselephantine statues of the Greeks were built up with inferior materials, veneered, as it were, with ivory for the flesh, and gold decorated with color for the hair and garments.
• ENGROSS
  n., an engrossed document: cf. OF. engrossir, engroissier, to make 1. To make gross, thick, or large; to thicken; to increase in bulk or quantity. Waves . . . engrossed with mud. Spenser. Not sleeping, to engross his idle body. Shak. 2. To amass.