Pantagruelian
/ˌpantəɡruːˈɛlɪən
/adjective rare
Enormous: a Pantagruelian banquet...
- It is a sad fact that the great poets of yore would have been nothing without Pantagruelian drug habits which inspired and fuelled their genius.
- The Pantagruelian warrior gives a booming laugh, his mighty hammer bar resting easily on his shoulder.
- "I missed about 30 cases in those nine months," said Toots, happily pouring down Pantagruelian shots of brandy.
Origin
Late 17th century: from Pantagruel (the name of an enormous giant in Rabelais's novel Pantagruel (1532)) + -ian.
- made
- made beaver
- made-for-television
- made-for-TV
- Madeira
- Madeira cake
- Madeira laurel
- Madeiran
- Madeira sauce
- Madeira wine
- Madeira wood
- Madeira work
- madeleine
- Madelung constant
- Madelung deformity
- Madelung potential
- Madelung's deformity
- made man
- made mast
- Mademoiselle
- maderisation
- maderisé
- maderization
- maderize
- maderized