Giantship

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The state, personality, or character of a giant. countable, uncountable

    "The real theme [of a story] may be, and perhaps usually is, something that has no sequence in it, something other than a process and much more like a state or quality. Giantship, otherness, the desolation of space, are examples that have crossed our path."

  2. 2
    A term of address for a giant. countable, uncountable

    "His Giantſhip is gone ſomewhat creſt-fall'n,"

Synonyms

All synonyms
giantness

Example

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"The real theme [of a story] may be, and perhaps usually is, something that has no sequence in it, something other than a process and much more like a state or quality. Giantship, otherness, the desolation of space, are examples that have crossed our path."

Etymology

From giant + -ship.

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