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Behemoth
behemoth
(behemoths) If you refer to something as a behemoth, you mean that it is extremely large, and often that it is is unpleasant, inefficient, or difficult to manage. (JOURNALISM or LITERARY) The city is a sprawling behemoth with no heart. ...his behemoth 1,047 page book. = monster N-COUNT c darkgreen]disapproval
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noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin, from Hebrew behemoth Date: 14th century 1. often capitalized a mighty animal described in Job 40:15-24 as an example of the power of God 2. something of monstrous size, power, or appearance a ~ truck ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. an enormous creature or thing. Etymology: ME f. Heb. behem{ocirc}t intensive pl. of behemah beast, perh. f. Egyptian p-ehe-mau water-ox ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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~ n literary something that is very large (five warships, including two 64,000-ton behemoths) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 14c. (Job xl.15), from L. behemoth, from Heb. b'hemoth intens. pl. of b'hemah "beast." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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