Word of the Day – Leviathan

Leviathan (noun)

lev-ay-a-thun

any huge marine animal, as the whale. / anything of immense size and power, as a huge, oceangoing ship.

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English levyathan, from Late Latin leviathan, ultimately from Hebrew liwyāthān

Example sentences

“The leviathan breached the water, sending waves out to the paddleboarders, almost untoppling them.”