ELEPHANTINE


Meaning of ELEPHANTINE in English

/el'euh fan"teen, -tuyn, -tin, el"euh feuhn teen', -tuyn'/ , adj.

1. pertaining to or resembling an elephant.

2. huge, ponderous, or clumsy: elephantine movements; elephantine humor.

[ 1620-30; elephantinus elephántinos. See ELEPHANT, -INE 1 ]

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