Associations to the word «Leviathan»

Wiktionary

LEVIATHAN, adjective. Very large; gargantuan.
LEVIATHAN, noun. (Bible) A vast sea monster of tremendous strength, described as the most powerful and dangerous creature in the ocean.
LEVIATHAN, noun. Something large; behemoth.

Dictionary definition

LEVIATHAN, noun. The largest or most massive thing of its kind; "it was a leviathan among redwoods"; "they were assigned the leviathan of textbooks".
LEVIATHAN, noun. Monstrous sea creature symbolizing evil in the Old Testament.

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.