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.
- mackerel bait
- mackerel clouds
- mackerel cock
- mackereler
- mackerel gull
- mackereling
- mackereller
- mackerelling
- mackerel pike
- mackerel scad
- mackerel shark
- mackerel sky
- mackerel-snapper
- Mackinac, Straits of
- mackinaw
- mackinaw blanket
- mackinaw boat
- mackinaw coat
- mackinawed
- mackinawite
- mackinaw trout
- mackintosh
- Mackintosh, Charles Rennie
- mackintoshed
- mackle