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

Years ago, tennis writers used to call Martina Navratilova, listed at 5-foot-8 and lean, a giantess with popping veins because other women seemed weaklings by comparison.

From New York Times • Aug. 25, 2010

Beyond it, to the east, was the realm of the dead who had not died in battle, ruled over by Hel, Loki’s daughter by the giantess Angrboda.

From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman