Gi*gan"tic (?), a. [L. gigas, -antis, giant. See Giant.]
1.
Of extraordinary size; like a giant.
2.
Such as a giant might use, make, or cause; immense; tremendous; extraordinarly; as, gigantic deeds; gigantic wickedness.
Milton.
When descends on the Atlantic
The gigantic
Strom wind of the equinox.
Longfellow.
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