leviathan
noun/ləˈvaɪəθən/
/ləˈvaɪəθən/
- (in the Bible) a very large sea monster
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- (literary) a very large and powerful thing
- the leviathan of government bureaucracy
Word Originvia late Latin from Hebrew liwyāt̲ān.
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