elephantine

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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- \ˌe-lə-ˈfan-ˌtēn, -ˌtīn, ˈe-lə-fən-\
- /ˌel.ɪˈfæn.taɪn/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- \ˌe-lə-ˈfan-ˌtēn, -ˌtīn, ˈe-lə-fən-\

Definitions of elephantine word

noun elephantine Of, resembling, or characteristic of an elephant or elephants, especially in being large, clumsy, or awkward. 1
adjective elephantine like an elephant 1
adjective elephantine huge 1
noun Definition of elephantine in Technology Used of programs or systems that are both conspicuous hogs (owing perhaps to poor design founded on brute force and ignorance) and exceedingly hairy in source form. An elephantine program may be functional and even friendly, but (as in the old joke about being in bed with an elephant) it's tough to have around all the same (and, like a pachyderm, difficult to maintain). In extreme cases, hackers have been known to make trumpeting sounds or perform expressive proboscatory mime at the mention of the offending program. Usage: semi-humorous. Compare "has the elephant nature" and the somewhat more pejorative monstrosity. See also second-system effect and baroque. 1
adjective elephantine If you describe something as elephantine, you mean that you think it is large and clumsy. 0
adjective elephantine denoting, relating to, or characteristic of an elephant or elephants 0

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Parts of speech for Elephantine

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This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 7% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.

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Synonyms for elephantine

adjective elephantine

ponderous — of great weight; heavy; massive.
lumbering — timber sawed or split into planks, boards, etc.
clumsy — A clumsy person moves or handles things in a careless, awkward way, often so that things are knocked over or broken.
slow — moving or proceeding with little or less than usual speed or velocity: a slow train.
heavy — of great weight; hard to lift or carry: a heavy load.

All 25 Synonyms of elephantine

Antonyms for elephantine

adjective elephantine

dainty — If you describe a movement, person, or object as dainty, you mean that they are small, delicate, and pretty.
minute — the sixtieth part (1/60) of an hour; sixty seconds.

All 2 Antonyms of elephantine

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