Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

giganticide

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: gi-gan-ti-cide
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The killing of a giant.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

One who kills a giant.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"As they scarce make a capital crime of infanticide, / There can't be any harm in a little giganticide."
"[…] tore through the briers, and plunged through the punk of trees older than history, now rotting where they fell, slain by Time the Giganticide."
"[…] the wonderful tales of the giganticide of old, of the German mythology, and our own rich nursery lore […]"

Etymology

From Latin gigāns, gigantis + -cide.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: gigāns
Suffix: cide

Usage

Inflected Forms

giganticides (plural)

Synonyms

giant-killer

Questions

What does giganticide mean?: The killing of a giant.
Where does giganticide come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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