leviathan
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Hebrew (Biblical and Modern) לִוְיָתָן (“whale”).
Pronunciation [edit]
Adjective [edit]
leviathan (not comparable)
- Very large; gargantuan.
Translations [edit]
very large; gargantuan
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Noun [edit]
leviathan (plural leviathans)
- (biblical) A large sea monster which guards the gates of hell at the bottom of the sea.
- 1611, King James Version of the Bible (Authorized Version), Job 41:1
- Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?
- 1611, King James Version of the Bible (Authorized Version), Job 41:1
- Something large; behemoth.
- That man was a leviathan! He took up a whole row of seats at the theatre.
Translations [edit]
Biblical sea monster
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