Definition of Leviathen

Definition of Leviathen

Le*vi"a*than (l&esl;*vī"&adot;*than), n. [Heb. livyāthān.]

1. An aquatic animal, described in the book of Job, ch. xli., and mentioned in other passages of Scripture.

&fist; It is not certainly known what animal is intended, whether the crocodile, the whale, or some sort of serpent.

2. The whale, or a great whale. Milton.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

LEVIATHAN, n. An enormous aquatic animal mentioned by Job. Some
suppose it to have been the whale, but that distinguished
ichthyologer, Dr. Jordan, of Stanford University, maintains with
considerable heat that it was a species of gigantic Tadpole (Thaddeus
Polandensis) or Polliwig -- Maria pseudo-hirsuta. For an
exhaustive description and history of the Tadpole consult the famous
monograph of Jane Potter, Thaddeus of Warsaw.

- 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

Very large; gargantuan.
large Biblical sea monster
something large; behemoth
That man was a leviathan! He took up a whole row of seats at the theater.

- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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