titanic

¹

[ tahy-tan-ik, ti- ]

adjective

, Chemistry.

1. of or containing titanium, especially in the tetravalent state.

titanic

²

[ tahy-tan-ik ]

adjective

1. (initial capital letter) of, relating to, or characteristic of the Titans.
2. Also titan. of enormous size, strength, power, etc.; gigantic.

Titanic

³

[ tahy-tan-ik ]

noun

1. RMS Titanic, a British luxury liner that sank after colliding with an iceberg in the North Atlantic on its maiden voyage in April 1912, with a loss of more than 1,500 lives.

titanic

¹

/ taɪˈtænɪk /

adjective

1. possessing or requiring colossal strength

   a titanic battle

Titanic

²

/ taɪˈtænɪk /

noun

1. the Titanic
   a luxury British liner that struck an iceberg near Newfoundland on its maiden voyage on the night of April 14–15, 1912, with the loss of 1513 lives

titanic

³

/ taɪˈtænɪk /

adjective

1. of or containing titanium, esp in the tetravalent state

Titanic

1. A British luxury ocean liner, thought to be unsinkable, which nevertheless sank on its first voyage in 1912 after running into an iceberg in the north Atlantic Ocean . More than fifteen hundred people drowned.

Derived Forms

• tiˈtanically, adverb

Other Words From

• ti·tani·cal·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of titanic¹

First recorded in 1820–30; titan(ium) + -ic

Origin of titanic²

From the Greek word Tītānikós, dating back to 1650–60. See Titan, -ic

Example Sentences

He got his wish for a silly role Saturday night, returning to the desk for the 109th anniversary of the Titanic’s demise to play the iceberg that sank the British luxury liner.

From Washington Post

I don’t feel like a lot of the men, especially men in power, stand up in their position and hold on to the women who are about to fall over the Titanic and make sure the ship doesn’t sink.

From Essence.com

From abroad, movies including Titanic, Frozen and Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone have topped the box office charts.

From Time

There is likely to be a titanic legal battle one day between local governments and the fossil-fuel energy companies that officials blame for the climate-change damage they say their cities have suffered.

From Washington Post

The minute-long video features a band playing, “Nearer My God To Thee,” believed to be the final song played by the band on the Titanic.

From TechCrunch

“A turning point in my life was when I watched the movie Titanic,” Yeonmi told the audience at the Oslo Freedom Forum.

From The Daily Beast

You know, James Cameron: the director of The Terminator, True Lies, Titanic, and Avatar, among other obscure movies.

From The Daily Beast

And while I may have put a bunch of stunt guys in peril on Titanic, it was my ass in the sphere on the dive.

From The Daily Beast

The American people largely thought him a crazy man in 1964, and of course he lost to Johnson by titanic proportions.

From The Daily Beast

Titanic once bet $10,000 that Nick (the Greek) Dandolos, another high operator, would not sink a 25-foot putt.

From The Daily Beast

Then came the end: the Titanic, with a low long slanting dive went down and with her Thomas Andrews.

From Project Gutenberg

She was here, and the place was about to be blasted by some titanic explosive of the Croen science creation!

From Project Gutenberg

At every turn in the river the panorama changed, and they beheld new marvels of this Titanic architecture.

From Project Gutenberg

So far as can be ascertained, it was never heard of by anyone on board the Titanic outside the Marconi room.

From Project Gutenberg

This message was from the steamship Californian to the steamship Antillian, but was picked up by the Titanic.

From Project Gutenberg