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gi·gan·tesque    Audio Help   (jī'gān-těsk')  Pronunciation Key  adj.   Of enormous size or magnitude; huge. [French, from Italian gigantesco, from gigante, giant, from Latin gigās, gigant-; see giant.]

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Gigantesque

Gi`gan*tesque"\, a. [F.] Befitting a giant; bombastic; magniloquent.

The sort of mock-heroic gigantesque With which we bantered little Lilia first. --Tennyson.

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