giantess
Americannoun
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an imaginary female being of human form but superhuman size, strength, etc.
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any very large woman.
Gender
See -ess.
Etymology
Origin of giantess
1350–1400; Middle English geauntesse < Old French. See giant, -ess
Example Sentences
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The 2021 animated movie adaptation makes her more glamorous, but she’s still a zaftig giantess too heavy for Catwoman to hang onto as she’s dangling off the side of a building.
From Salon • Oct. 27, 2024
In one promotional portrait for “Growing,” Amy Schumer’s new Netflix special, the comedian is a Photoshopped giantess, too big for her stage, too big for our world.
From The New Yorker • Mar. 20, 2019
Two frosted-haired individuals — a small bearded man and a middle-aged giantess — belt out a cover of the 1989 Roxette hit “The Look.”
From New York Times • Feb. 18, 2015
With Val, I had no thoughts of dollar signs, just a great empty hole in my heart for this lonely giantess and the realization I could grant her the favor of a lifetime.
From Slate • Mar. 5, 2014
She fenced with the giantess Periboia, sword against sword.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
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