gar·gan·tu·an

[gahr-gan-choo-uhn]
adjective
gigantic; enormous; colossal: a gargantuan task.

Origin:
1585–95; Gargantu(a) + -an


huge, mammoth, immense, vast, elephantine.
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gargantuan (ɡɑːˈɡæntjʊən) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
(sometimes capital) huge; enormous
 
usage  Some people think that gargantuan should only be used to describe things connected with food: a gargantuan meal; his gargantuan appetite

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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.
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Example sentences
It is a vast, colossal, gargantuan improvement over messing around with pouring batches of hot liquid into a blender.
They enacted a gargantuan stimulus bill, expensive health care reform and other expansions of government.
But the more gargantuan they become the less happily they fit into the places they are intended to benefit.
The current social and economic interactions in the region doesn't justify spending gargantuan money on those projects.
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