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单词 pantagruelic
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Pantagruelicadj.

Brit. /ˌpantəɡruːˈɛlɪk/, U.S. /ˈˌpæn(t)əɡruˈɛlɪk/
Forms: also with lower-case initial.
Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: proper name Pantagruel , -ic suffix.
Etymology: < the name of Pantagruel (see Pantagruelian adj.) + -ic suffix, after French pantagruélique (1534 in Middle French in Rabelais as pantagruelicque ). Compare earlier Pantagruelian adj. Compare also earlier Pantagruelically adv.
Now rare.
= Pantagruelian adj. 1.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary world > [adjective] > relating to or characteristic of specific writer > of specific character or work
Pantagruelian1694
Shandean1762
Shandaic1766
Pickwickian1836
Pantagruelistical1838
Wellerian1838
Pantagruelistic1845
Pantagruelic1850
Welleresque1868
Pantagrueline1882
1850 Amer. Whig Rev. May 495/2 He met death, at an advanced age in the true Pantagruelic spirit.
1852 tr. P. Chasles Anglo-Amer. Lit. & Manners 131 Too much like our Rabelais, so fertile in appellation, whose mere sound can provoke pantagruelic titillation.
1882 H. D. Traill Sterne iv. 34 Pantagruelic burlesque.
2000 Vancouver Sun (Nexis) 16 May f1 Well, it's the kind of pantagruelic reportage we've come to expect from you.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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