Colossal, large, immense ... In this series of adjectives, the word "gigantic" also occupies a worthy place. All these definitions are synonyms that describe a certain animate or inanimate object of a very large size.
Versions of the origin of the word
Giants, as people of high four-meter height and weighing several hundred kilograms, are mentioned in the Bible Old Testament. The oldest book says that before the Great Flood, the human life span was about 1000 years, respectively, and the physical parameters of the giants were outstanding.
It must be assumed that the gigantic β is gigantic, grandiose. Given that such was Noah's ark, able to accommodate a huge number of animals, it can be assumed that the person who built it had all the qualities of a giant. The Bible explicitly states that Noah was 600 years old at the time of the flood, and he died 350 years after a new life began on Earth.
There is also a version that called giants people belonging to the tribe of sleeping people, who once lived in the southern regions of modern Russia. Representatives of this nationality, apparently, were also of considerable growth. It turns out that the gigantic β it is primarily large, tall, strong. It is possible that the Russian epic hero Svyatogor was the last surviving warrior from the Gothic tribe destroyed by the Goths .
The giants of our time
The word is often used in a figurative sense when it is necessary to note the outstanding qualities or merits of a person. Gigantic can be the mind, talent, invention, scientific contribution and so on. In literature and poetry, βgiganticβ is a common epithet that determines the size of inanimate objects, for example, a huge tree, stone, mountain, rock.
The term is often used in zoology, being an integral part of the names of animal species in order to emphasize their distinctive features in comparison with other representatives of the family or genus. Gigantic is a large hummingbird, and a species of frogs, and an exotic owl.