gigantic, gig antick, gig antical

[Lat. gigas (gen it gigantis )=giant; Eng. adj. suff. -ic, -ical.] I. Ordinary Language : 1. Of extraordinary size or power, such as befits a giant; huge, enormous; like or befitting a giant. 2. Enormous, atrocious; as, gigantic wickedne , a gigantic error. II. Bot .: Tall, but stout and well-proportioned. (Lindley.) gigantic-pine, s. Bot.: Pinus lambert i an a . gi-găn-tic-al-ly, adv. [Eng. gig antical; -ly.] In a gigantic manner; like a giant.