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Pantagruelian

Variant of Pantagruel

noun

the boisterous, giant son of Gargantua in Rabelais' Gargantua and Pantagruel: he is a jovial drunkard characterized by rough, extravagant humor

Origin: < ? name of a minor devil referred to in writings of the late 15th c.

Related Forms:

Pantagruelian adjective
Pantagruelism noun

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