giganticide

English

Etymology

From Latin gigāns, gigantis +‎ -cide.[1][2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

giganticide (countable and uncountable, plural giganticides)

  1. The killing of a giant.
    • 1864, William Evans Burton, The Cyclopædia of Wit and Humor:
      As they scarce make a capital crime of infanticide, / There can't be any harm in a little giganticide.
  2. One who kills a giant.
    • 1863, Theodore Winthrop, Life in the Open Air:
      […] tore through the briers, and plunged through the punk of trees older than history, now rotting where they fell, slain by Time the Giganticide.
    • 1887, George Dawson, Georges St Clair, Biographical Lectures:
      […] the wonderful tales of the giganticide of old, of the German mythology, and our own rich nursery lore […]

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References

  1. ^ “giganticide, n.1”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
  2. ^ “giganticide, n.2”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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