or-mǣte

or-mǣte, adj: immense. (OR-MAT-uh / ˈɔr-ˌmæː-tə)

A fairly accurate drawing of an elephant in a medieval manuscript, only its tail is far too long.
Physiologus; France, c. 1240; Bibliothèque Municipale de Valenciennes, MS 101, f. 195v. [arca.irht.cnrs.fr]

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