† gigant, n. and a. Obs.
Also 5 gigante, 6 gygant.
[ad. L. gigant-em, gigās: see giant. The Lat. word had been adopted in OE. as ᵹigant.]
= giant n. and a., in various senses.
| [971 Blickl. Hom. 31 Þa nam he [Dauid] fif stanas on his herdebeliᵹ &..mid anum he þone ᵹigant ofwearp.] 1432–50 tr. Higden (Rolls) I. 95 That cite callede Babylon whom Nemproth the gigante made. 1538 Leland Itin. I. 61 Waddes Grave, whom the People there say to have beene a Gigant and owner of Mougreve. 1565 Cooper Thesaurus, Anguipes, a gygant that had crooked feete like a serpent. 1610 Holland Camden's Brit., ii. Irel. 154 A day was appointed betweene these Gigants or Champions, namely betweene John Curcy and the other. 1658 Rowland Moufet's Theat. Ins. 1007 The stalk of Fennel gigant would scarse contain this when he is grown great. |