LEVIATHAN


Meaning of LEVIATHAN in English

[ lɪ'vʌɪəθ(ə)n ]

■ noun

1》 (in biblical use) a sea monster.

↘a very large aquatic creature, especially a whale.

↘a very large or powerful thing.

2》 an autocratic monarch or state. [with allusion to Hobbes' Leviathan (1651).]

Origin

via late L. from Heb. liwyāṯān .

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