gargantuan

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   enormous; gigantic in size or quantity

   The construction of the dam was a gargantuan undertaking.

Simplified etymology

Gargantuan, meaning “enormous” or “gigantic,” comes from Gargantua, the large-mouthed giant with an insatiable appetite in a book of that name published in 1534 by the French satirical writer Rabelais.

From 'Gargantua', the name of the giant in Rabelais's satirical work (1534), perhaps from Spanish/Portuguese 'garganta' ('gullet, throat').

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