a. [f. TITAN1 + -ESQUE.] Resembling or having the characteristics of the Titans; colossal, gigantic.
1838. Mirror of Literature, etc., XXXII. 78/1. Theresa Elsler suggests at once the notion of one of the Titanesque Graces.
1856. Geraldine E. Jewsbury, in Manchester Weekly Times & Exam., 18 May, Suppl. To me the human life indicated in the magnificent works of art, the palaces, the churches around us, is more touching than even the Titanesque achievements themselves, which, for a moment, bring into rest and stability all the ever-varying, fluctuating tide of thoughts.
1882. Froude, Carlyle, xx. I. 383. His extraordinary metaphors and flashes of Titanesque humour.
1906. Marie Corelli, Treas. Heaven, xi. Titanesque human figures with threatening arms outstretched.
