different between gigantic vs ginormous

English

Alternative forms

• gigantick (obsolete)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????????? (gigantikós), ultimately from ????? (gígas, “giant”). According to the Poly-Olbion project coined by Michael Drayton in 1612.

Pronunciation

• enPR: j?-g?n't?k, IPA^(key): /d?a???ænt?k/
• Rhymes: -ænt?k

Adjective

gigantic (comparative more gigantic, superlative most gigantic)

1. Very large.
   • 1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion song 1 p. 1[1]:

     Thou Genius of the place (this most renowned Ile)

     Which livedst long before the All-earth-drowning Flood,

     Whilst yet the world did swarme with her Gigantick brood;

2. In the manner of a giant.

Synonyms

• gigantesque
• See also Thesaurus:gigantic

Derived terms

• gigantism

Related terms

• giant

Translations

Romanian

Etymology

gigant +? -ic

Adjective

gigantic m or n (feminine singular gigantic?, masculine plural gigantici, feminine and neuter plural gigantice)

1. giant

Declension

English

Etymology

Blend of gigantic +? enormous

Merriam-Webster traces ginormous back to 1948, when it appeared in a British dictionary of military slang.[1]

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d?a??n??(?)m?s/
• Rhymes: -??(?)m?s

Adjective

ginormous (comparative more ginormous, superlative most ginormous)

1. (informal) Very large.
   • 1986, Jazz (Autobot), Transformers The Movie

     “This is Jazz, a ginormous weird looking planet just showed up in the suburbs of Cybertron.”

   • 1999, Gabrielle Charbonnet, Adventure at Walt Disney World Book #7 page 20

     Walt Disney World is ginormous. Even after you’re on the property, you have to drive about fifteen minutes to get to different places.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:gigantic

Derived terms

• ginormously
• ginormousness

Translations

See also

• hunormous