giganticide

giganticide

English

Etymology

gigantus +‎ -cide

Noun

giganticide (plural giganticides)

1. The killing of a giant.
   • 1864, William Evans Burton, The Cyclopædia of Wit and Humor

     As they scarce make a capital crime of infanticide, / There can't be any harm in a little giganticide.

2. One who kills a giant.
   • 1863, Theodore Winthrop, Life in the Open Air

     […] tore through the briers, and plunged through the punk of trees older than history, now rotting where they fell, slain by Time the Giganticide.

   • 1887, George Dawson, Georges St Clair, Biographical Lectures

     […] the wonderful tales of the giganticide of old, of the German mythology, and our own rich nursery lore […]

Synonyms

• (one who kills a giant): giant-killer