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Gargantua definition

Gar·gan·tua (gär gan′c̸ho̵̅o̅ ə, -tyo̵̅o̅ ə)

noun

a giant king, noted for his size and prodigious feats and appetite, in Gargantua and Pantagruel, a satire by Rabelais (1552)

Etymology: Fr < Sp garganta, throat, gullet < echoic base *garg-: see gargle

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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