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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

behemothic en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English behemoth Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English behemothic From behemoth + -ic.

Meanings

  1. colossal, of enormous size and power.
    • Oozing and surging up out of that yawning trap-door in the Cyclopean crypt I had glimpsed such an unbelievable behemothic monstrosity that I could not doubt the power of its original to kill with its mere sight. 1933, H. P. Lovecraft, Out of the Aeons:

Forms

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most behemothic Degree=Sup lexicographic
more behemothic Degree=Cmp lexicographic
behemotic alternative lexicographic

Relateds

behemoth

Synonyms

mammoth (of ernormous size and power) · gargantuan (of ernormous size and power) · colossal (of ernormous size and power) · titanic (of ernormous size and power) · gigantic (of ernormous size and power)