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Gargantua is the name of a giant king in François Rabelais's 16th-century satiric novel Gargantua, the second part of a five-volume series about the giant and his son Pantagruel. All of the details of Gargantua's life befit a giant. He rides a colossal mare whose tail switches so violently that it fells the entire forest of Orleans. He has an enormous appetite, such that in one incident he inadvertently swallows five pilgrims while eating a salad. The scale of everything connected with Gargantua led to the adjective gargantuan, which since William Shakespeare's time has been used for anything of tremendous size or volume.
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Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2025
The bigger problem for Gore, however, was that by attempting to tackle a gargantuan problem like government inefficiency through piecemeal reforms and voluntary retirements, some felt the administration had overpromised.
—Jacob Bruggeman & Casey Eilbert / Made By History, TIME, 3 Mar. 2025
Here’s another gargantuan cooker that can brew up meals for large gatherings.
—Ho Lin, Miami Herald, 3 Mar. 2025
There are spells, curses, vendettas, a twist villain, giant dragons who turn into humanoid warriors and many other creatures populating the world of this gargantuan feat of eye-popping computer animation.
—Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 2 Mar. 2025
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“Gargantuan.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gargantuan. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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gargantuan
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from Gargantua, a giant with an enormous appetite in books by the French author François Rabelais
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