Daniel Lambert
English
Etymology
From Daniel Lambert (1770–1809), who was in his lifetime the heaviest man in the United Kingdom.
Noun
Daniel Lambert (plural Daniel Lamberts)
- Something that is giant, or otherwise great in some way.
- The courtiers were Daniel Lamberts of learning.
- 1849 September, Z, “The Undergraduate. Chapter 1—My First Day at College”, in The Dublin University Magazine, volume 34, page 335:
- A whipstick was a Daniel Lambert in comparison with him.
- 1854, R. M. DeWitt, “Advertisement for Snarleyow, the Dog Fiend”, in The Chess Player's Instructor, page 75:
- If laughing makes people increase in bulk, "Snarleyow" would have been found guilty of making Daniel Lamberts of the human race
- 1873 June, Herbert Spencer, “A Study of Sociology”, in Popular Science, page 172:
- A student may become a very Daniel Lambert of learning, and remain utterly useless to himself and all others.
- 1874, Charles Henry Webb, John Paul's book: moral and instructive: consisting of travels, tales, poetry, and like fabrications, page 372:
- Whales and other Daniel Lamberts of the deep can take care of themselves well enough, but a grave question arises — should not all ocean ships be compelled to ring bells and carry fish-catchers attached to their prows for the benefit of aqueous Tom Thumbfins and their spouses?
- 1874, George Alfred Townsend, Washington, Outside and Inside, page 306:
- This accommodates the three Daniel Lamberts of the bench, and I am told that the Supreme Court has never been without a large proportion of Colossuses upon it.
Derived terms
- Daniel Lambertish