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giantling

noun

Etymology

From giant + -ling.

  1. derived from γίγας
  2. derived from gigās
  3. derived from *gagās✻
  4. derived from geant
  5. inherited from geaunt
  6. suffixed as giantling — “giant + ling”

Definitions

  1. A young giant.

    • No dramatist of European stature had emerged from the theatre. The artists were not giants but giantlings.
    • My mother died giving birth to me and I often thought while a giantling that I had killed her.
    • The Giantling was furious, but the mercenary turned Lord was not daunted.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA