LEVIATHAN


Meaning of LEVIATHAN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ lɪˈvaɪəθən ]

n. 1 Bibl. a sea-monster. 2 anything very large or powerful, esp. a ship. 3 an autocratic monarch or State (in allusion to a book by Hobbes, 1651). [ME f. LL f. Heb. liwyatan]

English main colloquial, spoken dictionary.      Английский основной разговорный словарь.