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gargantuan


adjective

  1. gigantic; enormous; colossal: a gargantuan task.

adjective

  1. (sometimes capital) huge; enormous
adj.

1590s, from Gargantua, large-mouthed giant in Rabelais’ novels, supposedly from Spanish/Portuguese garganta “gullet, throat,” which is from the same imitative root as gargle.

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