behemothian

Updated: May 18, 2025

Gravely he lifted a behemothian paw, and gravely the young man shook it. To Behemoth young Mr. Surface addressed the following remarks: "West was simply deceived hoodwinked by men infinitely cleverer than he at that sort of thing. It was a manly thing his coming to you now and telling you; much harder than never to have made the mistake in the beginning. Of course it wipes the slate clean.

Henry Sydnor Harrison - Queed

It was five of a November afternoon, crisp and sharp, and already running into dusk. Down the street came a girl and a dog, rather a small girl and quite a behemothian dog. If she had been a shade smaller, or he a shade more behemothian, the thing would have approached a parody on one's settled idea of a girl and a dog. She had enough height to save that, but it was the narrowest sort of squeak.

Henry Sydnor Harrison - Queed