Definitions for gargantua
gɑrˈgæn tʃu əgar·gan·tu·a

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Gargantuanoun

   a voracious giant in Francois Rabelais' book of the same name

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1. gargantua

   Gargantua is a term, often used in literature, to describe a gigantic, powerful person or thing. It originates from the popular series of five novels titled "The Life of Gargantua and of Pantagruel", authored by Francois Rabelais where Gargantua is a giant king and one of the protagonists. It is also used figuratively to describe something of huge proportions or with great intensity.

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1. Gargantua

   a gigantic personage, in Rabelais, of preternally lusty appetite and guzzling and gourmandising power; lived several centuries, and begat Pantagruel.

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1. • Imaginary Being

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How to pronounce gargantua?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of gargantua in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of gargantua in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=gargantua
2. ^ ChatGPT
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3. ^ The Nuttall Encyclopedia
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12342/pg12342-images.html#Gargantua
4. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=gargantua