Noun: oliphaunt
| Singular | oliphaunt |
| Plural | oliphaunts |
Sample Sentences
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The gander, the gose, and the hudge oliphaunt, / Went with the pecok ageyne the fesaunt; [1523, John Skelton, “A ryght delectable treatyse upon a goodly garlande or chapelet of laurell”, in Poetical Works of John Skelton, published 1853, page 365:]
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His mugge so Taste and wide, I wel opine,
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An oliphaunt he might have swallow'd[.] [1876, William Curry, Jun. & Co, The Dublin university magazine: Volume 88:]
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‘Were there any oliphaunts?’ asked Sam, forgetting his fear in his eagerness for news of strange places. [1954, J. R. R. Tolkien, The Two Towers, Random House, published 1982, →ISBN, page 283:]
Nouns inflected like oliphaunt
soldier's woundwort,
Nicosian,
whopper,
greypate,
tactile sign language,
chronotrope,
Rosie Lee,
dissentient,
photoinactivator,
sulphonediimine,
coastal waterfall,
residuary devise,
bituminization,
nitrosonaphthol,
smṛiti,
geosphere,
backscreen,
mensuralist,
flocculate,
flocculant, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Middle English oliphaunt, olifaunt, from Old French olifant, from Latin elephantus; see elephant for more information. See: Middle English Nouns '
oliphaunt', Latin Nouns '
elephantus'.