Oliphant vs Oliphaunt - What's the difference?
oliphant | oliphaunt | Alternative forms |
(archaic, and, historical) elephant
* 1523 , John Skelton, “A ryght delectable treatyse upon a goodly garlande or chapelet of laurell” in Poetical Works of John Skelton , 1853, p 365:
* 1876',
* 1954 , ), Random House (1982), ISBN 978-0-345-33971-3,
Oliphaunt is a alternative form of oliphant.
In archaic and historical terms the difference between oliphant and oliphaunt
is that oliphant is an elephant while oliphaunt is elephant.oliphaunt
English
Alternative forms
* olifant, oliphant, olyfaunte, olyphantNoun
(en noun)- The gander, the gose, and the hudge oliphaunt , / Went with the pecok ageyne the fesaunt;
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- ‘Were there any oliphaunts ?’ asked Sam, forgetting his fear in his eagerness for news of strange places.