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English Dictionary: gigantic by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gigantic
adj
  1. so exceedingly large or extensive as to suggest a giant or mammoth; "a gigantic redwood"; "gigantic disappointment"; "a mammoth ship"; "a mammoth multinational corporation"
    Synonym(s): gigantic, mammoth
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gigantic \Gi*gan"tic\, a. [L. gigas, -antis, giant. See
      {Giant}.]
      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.                           --Longfellow.
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