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gargantuan

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gar⋅gan⋅tu⋅an

  [gahr-gan-choo-uhn]
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–adjective
gigantic; enormous; colossal: a gargantuan task.
Origin:
1585–95; Gargantu(a) + -an

Synonyms:
huge, mammoth, immense, vast, elephantine.
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gar·gan·tu·an   (gär-gān'chōō-ən)   
adj.  Of immense size, volume, or capacity; gigantic. See Synonyms at enormous.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

gargantuan 
1596, from Gargantua, large-mouthed giant in Rabelais' novels, supposedly from Sp./Port. garganta "gullet, throat," which is from the same imitative root as gargle.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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