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Pantagruelian

Pan ta gru el i an |ˌpantəgro͞oˈelēən ˌpæntəɡruˈɛliən | adjective rare enormous: a Pantagruelian banquet. ORIGIN late 17th cent.: from Pantagruel (the name of an enormous giant in Rabelais's Gargantua and Pantagruel ) + -ian .

 

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Pantagruelian

Pantagruelian |ˌpantəgruːˈɛlɪən | adjective rare enormous: a Pantagruelian banquet. ORIGIN late 17th cent.: from Pantagruel (the name of an enormous giant in Rabelais's novel Pantagruel (1532 )) + -ian .