LEVIATHAN


Meaning of LEVIATHAN in English

/ ləˈvaɪəθən; NAmE / noun

1.

(in the Bible) a very large sea monster

2.

( literary ) a very large and powerful thing :

the leviathan of government bureaucracy

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WORD ORIGIN

via late Latin from Hebrew liwyāṯān .

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.