Defn: Affected with elephantiasis; characteristic of elephantiasis.
ELEPHANTIASIS
El`e*phan*ti"a*sis, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. (Med.)
Defn: A disease of the skin, in which it become enormously thickened, and is rough, hard, and fissured, like an elephant's hide.
ELEPHANTINE
El`e*phan"tine, a. Etym: [L. elephantinus of ivory, Gr. éléphantin.]
Defn: Pertaining to the elephant, or resembling an elephant (commonly, in size); hence, huge; immense; heavy; as, of elephantine proportions; an elephantine step or tread. Elephantine epoch (Geol.), the epoch distinguished by the existence of large pachyderms. Mantell. — Elephantine tortoise (Zoöl.), a huge land tortoise; esp., Testudo elephantina, from islands in the Indian Ocean; and T. elephantopus, from the Galapagos Islands.
ELEPHANTOID; ELEPHANTOIDAL
El"e*phan*toid`, El`e*phan*toid"al, a. Etym: [Elephant + -oid.]
(Zoöl.)
Defn: Resembling an elephant in form or appearance.
ELEUSINIAN
El`eu*sin"i*an, a. Etym: [L. Eleusinius, Gr.
Defn: Pertaining to Eleusis, in Greece, or to secret rites in honor of Ceres, there celebrated; as, Eleusinian mysteries or festivals.
ELEUTHEROMANIA
E*leu`ther*o*ma"ni*a, n. Etym: [Gr. mania.]