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gargantuan (gahr GAN choo uhn) (adjective), more gargantuan, most gargantuan
1. Anything that is described as huge, gigantic, vast, or of enormous proportions: The term gargantuan is derived from Gargantua who was a king and described as having a voracious appetite in a novel by the French author Francois Rabelais (1494-1553).

Jack and Jill bought a gargantuan house with the money they inherited from her parents which consisted of at least twenty-five rooms.

2. Etymology: derived from garganta, Spanish for "gullet" and French gargouille, "throat".
Descriptive of something that is of immense or colossal size.
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Characterized by being of enormous or tremendous volume.
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