Gargantua
an amiable giant and king, noted for his enormous capacity for food and drink, in Rabelais' Gargantua and Pantagruel.
(italics) a satirical novel (1534) by Rabelais.
- Compare Pantagruel.
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How to use Gargantua in a sentence
Rabelais wrote Gargantua here, in this city devoted to the most Pantagruelian of pleasures.
After Honoré Daumier caricatured King Louis Philippe as Gargantua, he was sent to prison.
Victor Navasky’s 7 Favorite Political Cartoons | Victor S. Navasky | April 10, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTNow the Gargantua of Dijon could once more lay hands on the broad lands of the fair Jacqueline.
The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2 (of 2) | Anatole FranceThere was left only the monk to provide for; whom Gargantua would have made Abbot of Seuillé, but he refused it.
The monk then requested Gargantua to institute his religious order contrary to all others.
None did awake them, none did constrain them to eat, drink, nor do any other thing; for so had Gargantua established it.
Gargantua can procure for you wealth, honors, and influence.
A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 5 (of 10) | Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)
British Dictionary definitions for Gargantua
/ (ɡɑːˈɡæntjʊə) /
a gigantic king noted for his great capacity for food and drink, in Rabelais' satire Gargantua and Pantagruel (1534)
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