bunyanesque — |bənyə|nesk adjective Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: John Bunyan died 1688 English preacher and writer + English esque 1. : resembling or suggesting the allegorical writings of John Bunyan (as Pilgrim s Progress) Bunyanesque names like Sir … Useful english dictionary
Bunyanesque — adjective Date: 1888 1. [John Bunyan] of, relating to, or suggestive of the allegorical writings of John Bunyan 2. [Paul Bunyan, legendary giant lumberjack of United States & Canada] a. of, relating to, or suggestive of the tales of Paul Bunyan … New Collegiate Dictionary
Bunyanesque — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Of extraordinary size and power: behemoth, Brobdingnagian, colossal, cyclopean, elephantine, enormous, gargantuan, giant, gigantesque, gigantic, herculean, heroic, huge, immense, jumbo, mammoth, massive, massy,… … English dictionary for students
bunyanesque — bun·yan·esque … English syllables
Bun|yan|esque — «BUHN yuh NEHSK», adjective. 1. characteristic of or suggesting Paul Bunyan or the tales told about him; of exaggerated proportions; having very large size: »Bunyanesque hyperbole. 2. characteristic of or suggesting the style, writings, etc., of… … Useful english dictionary
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elephantine — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. huge, mammoth. See size.Ant., minuscule, tiny. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Immense] Syn. huge, monstrous, enormous; see large 1 . 2. [Clumsy] Syn. ungraceful, ungainly, ponderous; see awkward 1 . III … English dictionary for students
enormous — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. monstrous, atrocious, excessive; large, titanic, tremendous, huge, immense, colossal, gigantic, vast, prodigious, stupendous. See size, badness. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. gigantic, tremendous,… … English dictionary for students
gargantuan — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. enormous, gigantic. See size. Ant., liliputian. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. enormous, huge, immense; see large 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. gigantic, huge, colossal, enormous, immense,… … English dictionary for students