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elephantine
(encz) | elephantine,sloní adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Elephantine
(gcide) | Elephantine \El`e*phan"tine\, a. [L. elephantinus of ivory, Gr.
?: cf. F. ['e]l['e]phantin.]
Pertaining to the elephant, or resembling an elephant
(commonly, in size); hence, huge; immense; heavy; as, of
elephantine proportions; an elephantine step or tread.
[1913 Webster]
Elephantine epoch (Geol.), the epoch distinguished by the
existence of large pachyderms. --Mantell.
Elephantine tortoise (Zo["o]l.), a huge land tortoise;
esp., Testudo elephantina, from islands in the Indian
Ocean; and T. elephantopus, from the Galapagos Islands.
Elephantoid |
elephantine
(wn) | elephantine
adj 1: of great mass; huge and bulky; "a jumbo jet"; "jumbo
shrimp" [syn: elephantine, gargantuan, giant,
jumbo] |
elephantine
(foldoc) | elephantine
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.
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elephantine
(jargon) | elephantine
adj.
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.
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Chryselephantine
(gcide) | Chryselephantine \Chrys`el*e*phan"tine\, a. [Gr. chryso`s gold +
? made of ivory, fr. ? ivory, elephant.]
Composed of, or adorned with, gold and ivory.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The chryselephantine statues of the Greeks were built
up with inferior materials, veneered, as it were, with
ivory for the flesh, and gold decorated with color for
the hair and garments.
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Elephantine
(gcide) | Elephantine \El`e*phan"tine\, a. [L. elephantinus of ivory, Gr.
?: cf. F. ['e]l['e]phantin.]
Pertaining to the elephant, or resembling an elephant
(commonly, in size); hence, huge; immense; heavy; as, of
elephantine proportions; an elephantine step or tread.
[1913 Webster]
Elephantine epoch (Geol.), the epoch distinguished by the
existence of large pachyderms. --Mantell.
Elephantine tortoise (Zo["o]l.), a huge land tortoise;
esp., Testudo elephantina, from islands in the Indian
Ocean; and T. elephantopus, from the Galapagos Islands.
Elephantoid |
Elephantine epoch
(gcide) | Elephantine \El`e*phan"tine\, a. [L. elephantinus of ivory, Gr.
?: cf. F. ['e]l['e]phantin.]
Pertaining to the elephant, or resembling an elephant
(commonly, in size); hence, huge; immense; heavy; as, of
elephantine proportions; an elephantine step or tread.
[1913 Webster]
Elephantine epoch (Geol.), the epoch distinguished by the
existence of large pachyderms. --Mantell.
Elephantine tortoise (Zo["o]l.), a huge land tortoise;
esp., Testudo elephantina, from islands in the Indian
Ocean; and T. elephantopus, from the Galapagos Islands.
Elephantoid |
Elephantine tortoise
(gcide) | Elephantine \El`e*phan"tine\, a. [L. elephantinus of ivory, Gr.
?: cf. F. ['e]l['e]phantin.]
Pertaining to the elephant, or resembling an elephant
(commonly, in size); hence, huge; immense; heavy; as, of
elephantine proportions; an elephantine step or tread.
[1913 Webster]
Elephantine epoch (Geol.), the epoch distinguished by the
existence of large pachyderms. --Mantell.
Elephantine tortoise (Zo["o]l.), a huge land tortoise;
esp., Testudo elephantina, from islands in the Indian
Ocean; and T. elephantopus, from the Galapagos Islands.
Elephantoid |
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