giantess

American  

[jahy-uhn-tis] / ˈdʒaɪ ən tɪs /

noun

1. an imaginary female being of human form but superhuman size, strength, etc.

2. any very large woman.

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Gender

See -ess.

Etymology

Origin of giantess

1350–1400; Middle English geauntesse < Old French. See giant, -ess

Example Sentences

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

But Valens stops short of predicting an out-an-out giantess renaissance.

From Slate • May 6, 2021

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

There was one other thing that the dead giantess had said that disturbed him.

From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman