gargantuan
pronunciation
How to pronounce gargantuan in British English:
UK [gɑ:ˈgæntʃuən]
How to pronounce gargantuan in American English:
US [gɑrˈgæntʃuən]
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- Adjective:
- of great mass; huge and bulky
Word Origin
- gargantuan (adj.)
- "enormous," 1590s, from Gargantua, name of the voracious giant in Rabelais' novels, supposedly from Spanish/Portuguese garganta "gullet, throat," which is from the same imitative root as gargle (v.).
Example
- 1. Another tale of gargantuan appetite deserves more attention than it is getting .
- 2. Convertibility of the currency is a gargantuan barrier .
- 3. Rather than blowing their reserves on gargantuan schemes , arab and asian governments are investing it , relatively professionally .
- 4. The presidency has become a gargantuan enterprise in which media-star leaders are surrounded by a permanent campaign apparatus .
- 5. If you undertake this gargantuan political act while others are not , you bear all the political costs and reap none of the benefits .