词汇 | zamzummin |
词源 | Zamzummin. Zamzummin is a synonym for giant ignored by American dictionaries, though the word has been used allu- sively and figuratively by writers like Sir Thomas More and Ri- chard Burton for centuries. The original Zamzummins were a race of giants, “a people great, and many, and tall” mentioned in Deuteronomy. |
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