Goliathan

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Goliath +‎ -an

Adjective[edit]

Goliathan (comparative more Goliathan, superlative most Goliathan)

  1. Of or relating to the Biblical giant Goliath; gigantic.
    • 1850, Methodist review, volume 32, page 530:
      It loomed so gigantically through the mist, and defied the armies of Israel with so Goliathan an air, that we trembled for the ark of God.