† Gargantuan.

Forms: Also 1500s–1600s Garagantua.

Etymology: < the name of Gargantua, the large-mouthed voracious giant in Rabelais.

Obsolete.

A giant. Also attributive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [noun] > fabulous or mythical human > giant

eontOE

etenc1275

giant1297

gigant?a1475

Gargantua1571

Goliath1607

rouncival1641

1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (lxxiii. 8) Gyantes, or one-eyed Gargantuas.

1579 W. Fulke Heskins Parl. Repealed in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 164 Now riseth vp this Gargantua, and will proue..that one bodie may be in another.

1601 B. Jonson Every Man in his Humor i. iv. sig. D2^v Ile goe neere to fill that huge timbrell slop of yours with somewhat and I haue good lucke, your Garagantua breech cannot carry it away so.

a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) iii. ii. 220 You must borrow me Gargantuas mouth first. ]

1651 T. Randolph et al. Hey for Honesty ii. v. 17/2 Mine are all Diminutives, Tom Thumbs, not one Colossus, not one Garagantua amongst them.

Derivatives

garˈgantuan adj. enormous, monstrous; also in combinations, as gargantuan-bellied adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adjective] > huge

unmeeteOE

unmeetlyOE

hugea1275

hideousc1330

infinitec1385

unmeasureda1398

unmeasurablec1405

hugyc1420

immeasurable1440

ingentc1450

unmeetlyc1450

giant1480

immense1490

monstrous?a1513

unmeasurely1513

hugeousa1529

unportable1537

enormous1544

enormc1560

giantly1561

immensible1579

rouncival1582

dismeasured1584

vast1585

immeasured1590

gargantuan1596

omnipotent1596

colossian1601

immane1601

prodigious1601

Polyphemian1602

Titanian1603

titanical1603

gigantical1604

immensive1604

gigantine1605

colossic1607

gigantean1611

Gogmagotical1612

gigantal?1614

Babylonian1617

leviathan1625

titanic1628

elephantine1631

gigantive1638

colossean1644

decumanal1652

immensurate1654

gigant1658

decuman1659

colossal1664

abnormous1710

Brobdingnagian1728

Brobdingnag1731

Pantagruelian1737

heroic1785

Patagonian1786

seven-league1787

Titan1793

gigantic1797

seven-leagued1799

mammoth1801

dimensionless1813

tremendous1813

gigantesque1821

monster1837

titanesque1838

monstre1840

giantlike1847

leviathanic1848

pythonic1851

Babylonic1853

supercolossal1871

giantesque1909

behemothian1910

supergiant1919

ginormous1942

big-ass1945

Ozymandian1961

fuck-off1962

mega1968

humongous1970

monstro1970

big-assed1972

big-arsed1996

1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden sig. F^v This Gargantuan bag-pudding.

1619 S. Purchas Microcosmus xxvii. 267 His Gargantuan bellyed-Doublet with huge huge sleeves.

1630 T. Randolph Panegyr. to Shirley's Gratef. Serv. A iij My ninth lasse affords No lycophronian buskins nor can straine Garagantuan lines to Gigantize thy veine.

1893 H. Curwen Hist. Booksellers 276 Bogue's small venture stood a poor chance against enterprise of this gargantuan scale.

Garˈgantuism n. ? an extravagant idea.

ΚΠ

1867 T. Carlyle Reminisc. (1881) I. 146 While his wild home-grown Gargantuisms went on.

Garˈgantuist n. one who resembles Gargantua.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > bodily height > tallness > [noun] > and broadness > person

giant1559

Hercules1567

Gogmagogc1580

cob1582

Gargantuist1593

hulk1600

rhinoceros1602

colossus1605

pompiona1616

lump1630

strapper1675

man-mountain1726

Brobdingnagian1728

grenadier1805

butt-cut1806

gorilla1884

King Kong1933

hunk1941

1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 142 Pore I..that am matched with such a Gargantuist, as can deuoure me quicke in a sallat.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	gargantua
释义	† Gargantuan. Forms: Also 1500s–1600s Garagantua. Etymology: < the name of Gargantua, the large-mouthed voracious giant in Rabelais. Obsolete. A giant. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [noun] > fabulous or mythical human > giant eontOE etenc1275 giant1297 gigant?a1475 Gargantua1571 Goliath1607 rouncival1641 1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (lxxiii. 8) Gyantes, or one-eyed Gargantuas. 1579 W. Fulke Heskins Parl. Repealed in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 164 Now riseth vp this Gargantua, and will proue..that one bodie may be in another. 1601 B. Jonson Every Man in his Humor i. iv. sig. D2^v Ile goe neere to fill that huge timbrell slop of yours with somewhat and I haue good lucke, your Garagantua breech cannot carry it away so. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) iii. ii. 220 You must borrow me Gargantuas mouth first. View more context for this quotation] 1651 T. Randolph et al. Hey for Honesty ii. v. 17/2 Mine are all Diminutives, Tom Thumbs, not one Colossus, not one Garagantua amongst them. Derivatives garˈgantuan adj. enormous, monstrous; also in combinations, as gargantuan-bellied adj. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adjective] > huge unmeeteOE unmeetlyOE hugea1275 hideousc1330 infinitec1385 unmeasureda1398 unmeasurablec1405 hugyc1420 immeasurable1440 ingentc1450 unmeetlyc1450 giant1480 immense1490 monstrous?a1513 unmeasurely1513 hugeousa1529 unportable1537 enormous1544 enormc1560 giantly1561 immensible1579 rouncival1582 dismeasured1584 vast1585 immeasured1590 gargantuan1596 omnipotent1596 colossian1601 immane1601 prodigious1601 Polyphemian1602 Titanian1603 titanical1603 gigantical1604 immensive1604 gigantine1605 colossic1607 gigantean1611 Gogmagotical1612 gigantal?1614 Babylonian1617 leviathan1625 titanic1628 elephantine1631 gigantive1638 colossean1644 decumanal1652 immensurate1654 gigant1658 decuman1659 colossal1664 abnormous1710 Brobdingnagian1728 Brobdingnag1731 Pantagruelian1737 heroic1785 Patagonian1786 seven-league1787 Titan1793 gigantic1797 seven-leagued1799 mammoth1801 dimensionless1813 tremendous1813 gigantesque1821 monster1837 titanesque1838 monstre1840 giantlike1847 leviathanic1848 pythonic1851 Babylonic1853 supercolossal1871 giantesque1909 behemothian1910 supergiant1919 ginormous1942 big-ass1945 Ozymandian1961 fuck-off1962 mega1968 humongous1970 monstro1970 big-assed1972 big-arsed1996 1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden sig. F^v This Gargantuan bag-pudding. 1619 S. Purchas Microcosmus xxvii. 267 His Gargantuan bellyed-Doublet with huge huge sleeves. 1630 T. Randolph Panegyr. to Shirley's Gratef. Serv. A iij My ninth lasse affords No lycophronian buskins nor can straine Garagantuan lines to Gigantize thy veine. 1893 H. Curwen Hist. Booksellers 276 Bogue's small venture stood a poor chance against enterprise of this gargantuan scale. Garˈgantuism n. ? an extravagant idea. ΚΠ 1867 T. Carlyle Reminisc. (1881) I. 146 While his wild home-grown Gargantuisms went on. Garˈgantuist n. one who resembles Gargantua. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily height > tallness > [noun] > and broadness > person giant1559 Hercules1567 Gogmagogc1580 cob1582 Gargantuist1593 hulk1600 rhinoceros1602 colossus1605 pompiona1616 lump1630 strapper1675 man-mountain1726 Brobdingnagian1728 grenadier1805 butt-cut1806 gorilla1884 King Kong1933 hunk1941 1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 142 Pore I..that am matched with such a Gargantuist, as can deuoure me quicke in a sallat. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1571
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