elephantine
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It is often assumed that elephantine ponderousness is the price that must be paid for their storytelling heft.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026
It turned out that, for a few crucial years in the late-Eisenhower and early-Kennedy era, Ellsberg was at the center of this story, and his memory was elephantine.
From Slate • Jun. 16, 2023
By the 1960s, Mr. Lorayne was best known for holding audiences rapt with feats of memory that bordered on the elephantine.
From New York Times • Apr. 7, 2023
It feels less oppressive, less elephantine, lighter and more graceful on its feet.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 23, 2022
Ignatius picked up one of his elephantine desert boots and flung it at the pirouetting figure.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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