laestrygonian

UK /ˌlɛstɹɪˈɡəʊni.ən/ US /ˌlɛstɹɪˈɡoʊni.ən/
noun 1adj 1

Definitions

noun

1

A member of a mythical Greek tribe of man-eating giants.

1900, (translated by) George Herbert Palmer, The Odyssey of Homer, Houghton, Mifflin and Company Before town they met a maiden drawing water, the stately daughter of the Laestrygonian Antiphades.

adj

1

Of or relating to that tribe.

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