Gargantua

(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)

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

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noun

A person of great size or stature and of voracious physical or intellectual appetites.

Origin:

Origin: After the giant hero of Gargantua and Pantagruel by François Rabelais

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