1. leviathan(n = noun.person) - the largest or most massive thing of its kind; "it was a leviathan among redwoods"; "they were assigned the leviathan of textbooks"
is a kind of freak, lusus naturae, monster, monstrosity
2. leviathan(n = noun.person) - monstrous sea creature symbolizing evil in the Old Testament;
is a kind of mythical creature, mythical monster
1. An aquatic animal, described in the book of Job, ch. xli., and mentioned in other passages of Scripture. [1913 Webster]
" It is not certainly known what animal is intended, whether the crocodile, the whale, or some sort of serpent." [1913 Webster]
2. The whale, or a great whale. Milton. [1913 Webster]
leviathan, n.
1 Bibl. a sea-monster.
2 anything very large or powerful, esp. a ship.
3 an autocratic monarch or State (in allusion to a book by Hobbes, 1651).
Etymology:
ME f. LL f. Heb. liwyatan
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