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gargantua
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gar·gan·tu·a  (gär-gnch-)
n.
A person of great size or stature and of voracious physical or intellectual appetites.
[After the giant hero of Gargantua and Pantagruel by François Rabelais.]
Gargantua [gɑːˈgæntjʊə]
n
(Literary & Literary Critical Terms) a gigantic king noted for his great capacity for food and drink, in Rabelais' satire Gargantua and Pantagruel (1534)
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Noun1.Gargantua - a voracious giant in Francois Rabelais' book of the same name
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