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gargantuan

gar·gan·tuan

UK/ɡɑːˈɡæn.t͡ʃu.ən/ US/ɡɑɹˈɡæn.t͡ʃu.ən/ rare obsolete

adjective

1.

of great mass; huge and bulky

  • “a jumbo jet”
  • “jumbo shrimp”
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Origin

From French Gargantua, a giant with a very large appetite in Rabelais's The Inestimable Life of Gargantua. Rabelais derived Gargantua from the Portuguese and Spanish garganta (“throat”).

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