[ad. Gr. τιτανικ-ός, f. Τιτᾶν-ες the Titans: see -IC.]
† 1. Of or pertaining to the sun. Obs. rare–0.
1656. Blount, Glossogr., Titanic,… of or belonging to the Sun.
1658. in Phillips.
2. Pertaining to resembling, or characteristic of the Titans of mythology; gigantic, colossal; also, of the nature or character of the Titans.
1709. J. Clarke, trans. Grotius’ Chr. Relig., V. ix. (1818), 226, note. Some wicked Daemons and (as I may call them) Titanic or Gigantic ones who were rebellious against the true God.
1818. Byron, Ch. Har., IV. xlvi. We pass The skeleton of her [Rome’s] Titanic form.
1852. Kelly, trans. Cambrensis Eversus, III. 483. He has assailed heaven itself with titanic audacity.
1858. Carlyle, Fredk. Gt., I. i. (1872), I. 6. The figure of Napoleon was titanic.
