titanico

titanic

adjective tee-TAH-nee-koh Rare

Origin: From Greek titanikos, from Titans, the giant deities of Greek mythology.

Also means

colossal

Usage Note

Titanico describes something of enormous scale or requiring superhuman effort: uno sforzo titanico (a titanic effort). Like other -ico adjectives, the masculine plural is titanici and the feminine plural titaniche. It is primarily literary or journalistic; in everyday speech enorme or gigantesco is more common.

Examples

"Ha compiuto uno sforzo titanico per finire in tempo."

Natural Translation

He made a titanic effort to finish on time.

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