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Meanings of
elephantine
in anglès
Of great mass; huge and bulky.
giant
jumbo
gargantuan
Related terms
big
large
Usage of
elephantine
in anglès
1
You are more vulgar and blundering than the most
elephantine
music-hall artiste.
2
Sad is leprosy in all its forms, but most so when
elephantine
.
3
Anon an
elephantine
trumpeting of laughter seemed to set the air a-quivering.
4
He heard trunk-legs, the surprisingly gentle touchdown of the cactacae's
elephantine
pads.
5
Astronauts have
elephantine
memories when it comes to crews who make mistakes.
6
With each
elephantine
step of the oncoming walker, the speeder shook violently.
7
What a great, broad-shouldered,
elephantine
personage I shall become by and by!
8
He was coming along the landing; she heard his
elephantine
tread.
9
The effects of early
elephantine
trauma are devastating and long lasting.
10
She started the pen in an
elephantine
march across the sheet.
11
He lifted his hands up; they had swollen to
elephantine
proportions.
12
But Lad brought to it an
elephantine
patience and an uncannily wise brain.
13
Think the moon is a blue moon, a single
elephantine
sapphire.
14
The thick,
elephantine
skin was pinned to the sides, revealing amorphous discolored organs.
15
His legs were ponderous,
elephantine
,
since his leg-illness was of elephantiasis, or dropsy.
16
Dark mists swirled round them and
elephantine
shapes lurked indistinctly in the shadows.
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elephantine
Adjective
Frequent collocations
elephantine proportions
elephantine legs
elephantine ears
elephantine way
elephantine tread
More collocations
Elephantine
through the time
Elephantine
across language varieties
United Kingdom
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