US /ɛl.əˈfæn.tin/
adj noun name Freq #94461

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    Extremely large and heavy.

    The old elephantine wardrobe barely fit through the door.

  2. 2
    adj

    Of, or like, an elephant.

    Huge, elephantine shapes loomed in the misty dark.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · extremely large and heavy. colossalgargantuanjumbo
2 adj · of, or like, an elephant. elephantlike
Word family
Related forms hippopotaminerhinocerine

Etymology

From Latin elephantīn(us). By surface analysis, elephant + -ine.

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