Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of the nature of or affected with elephantiasis.
- noun A person suffering from elephantiasis.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Med.) Affected with elephantiasis; characteristic of elephantiasis.
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- adjective Afflicted with
elephantiasis
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Examples
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Then went Antony to the sick man, and shouted at him, “Thou elephantiac, foul with mud and dirt, not worthy of the third heaven, wilt thou not stop shouting blasphemies against God?
The Hermits Kingsley, Charles, 1819-1875 1878
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Then went Antony to the sick man, and shouted at him, "Thou elephantiac, foul with mud and dirt, not worthy of the third heaven, wilt thou not stop shouting blasphemies against God?
The Hermits Charles Kingsley 1847
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