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

So does the evocation of Mama Elena’s tragic past, a mini-Romeo and Juliet tale told in a skillful five-minute ballet-within-the-ballet, and her demonlike final reappearance as a giantess in a huge, trailing dress.

From New York Times • Jun. 3, 2022

In “Dr. Seuss,” Whack is a giantess in a small house, like Alice in her cruel and unpredictable “Wonderland.”

From The New Yorker • Jul. 1, 2018

With Val, I had no thoughts of dollar signs, just a great empty hole in my heart for this lonely giantess and the realization I could grant her the favor of a lifetime.

From Slate • Mar. 5, 2014

Perhaps the giantess had meant Kekrops and his snake people.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan