Definitions for gargantuan
gɑrˈgæn tʃu əngar·gan·tu·an

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. elephantine, gargantuan, giant, jumboadjective

   of great mass; huge and bulky

   "a jumbo jet"; "jumbo shrimp"

WiktionaryRate this definition:4.5 / 2 votes

1. gargantuanadjective

   Of the giant Gargantua or his appetite.

2. gargantuanadjective

   Huge; immense; tremendous.

3. gargantuanadjective

   Of a tremendous size, volume, degree, etc.

4. Etymology: From Gargantua, a giant with a very large appetite in Rabelais's The Inestimable Life of Gargantua. From Garagantesi, from

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1. gargantuan

   Gargantuan refers to something that is extraordinarily large, gigantic or immense in size, quantity, or degree. It is often used to describe a size that is so great or extreme that it is difficult to comprehend or measure.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. Gargantuanadjective

   characteristic of Gargantua, a gigantic, wonderful personage; enormous; prodigious; inordinate

2. Etymology: [From Gargantua, an allegorical hero of Rabelais.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Gargantuan

   gär-gan′tū-an, adj. like Gargantua—i.e. enormous, prodigious.—ns. Gargan′tuism; Gargan′tuist. [From Gargantua, the hero of Rabelais, described as a giant of vast appetite.]

Etymology and OriginsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Gargantuan

   Anything out of all reasonable limits. We speak of a “Gargantuan Feast,” a “Gargantuan Thirst,” to express a capacity for enormous consumption. The word is derived from Gargantua, the hero of Rabelais’s famous satire of this title.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of gargantuan in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of gargantuan in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of gargantuan in a Sentence

1. John Moores:

   This gargantuan size is predicted by the same theory that explains the formation of these features on Earth, in fact, we were able to match the size and separation, the direction of the ridges, as well as their age : three pieces of evidence that support our identification of these ridges as penitentes.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=gargantuan
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Gargantuan
3. ^ ChatGPT
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4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gargantuan
5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=gargantuan
6. ^ Etymology and Origins
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/54657/pg54657-images.html#:~:text=gargantuan