adj
gargantuan
gah-GAN-choo-uhn
adj
1
Enormous in size, extent, or amount.
"The company racked up gargantuan losses in its first year."
"He tackled a gargantuan plate of pasta without pausing for breath."
How to Use Gargantuan
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishExtremely large — bigger than "huge" or "massive," almost comically so.
Common pairings
gargantuan task
gargantuan appetite
gargantuan effort
Word Forms
more gargantuan comparative, most gargantuan superlative
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Etymology
From Gargantua, the giant with an enormous appetite in Rabelais's 16th-century satirical novel.