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gargantuan

English

Etymology

From French Gargantua, a giant with a very large appetite in Rabelais's The Inestimable Life of Gargantua. Rabelais derived Gargantua from the Portuguese and Spanish garganta (throat).

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /?????æn.t?u.?n/

Adjective

gargantuan (comparative more gargantuan, superlative most gargantuan)

  1. Huge; immense; tremendous.
    Synonyms: colossal, enormous, giant, huge, humongous, immense; see also Thesaurus:gigantic
  2. (obsolete) Of the giant Gargantua or his appetite.

Derived terms

  • gargantuanism
  • gargantuanly
  • gargantuanness

Translations

Further reading

  • “gargantuan”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

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spacious

English

Etymology

From Old French spacios, from Latin spatiosus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?spe???s/
  • Rhymes: -e???s

Adjective

spacious (comparative more spacious, superlative most spacious)

  1. Having plenty of space; roomy.
    The apartment has a spacious bedroom.
  2. Large in expanse.
    The cabin offers a lovely spacious view of the mountain meadows.

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