From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
gigantic
adj : so exceedingly large or extensive as to suggest a giant or
mammoth; "a gigantic redwood"; "gigantic
disappointment"; "a mammoth ship"; "a mammoth
multinational corporation" [syn: mammoth]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Gigantic \Gi*gan"tic\, a. [L. gigas, -antis, giant. See
Giant.]
1. Of extraordinary size; like a giant.
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2. Such as a giant might use, make, or cause; immense;
tremendous; extraordinarly; as, gigantic deeds; gigantic
wickedness. --Milton.
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When descends on the Atlantic
The gigantic
Strom wind of the equinox. --Longfellow.
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