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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)

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

Derived terms

gargantuanism
gargantuanly
gargantuanness

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weighty

English

Alternative forms

weightie (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English weighti, weghti, wighti, equivalent to weight +? -y.

Cognate with Scots weichty, wechty, wichty, Saterland Frisian wichtich, West Frisian wichtich, Dutch wichtig, gewichtig, German wichtig, Danish vægtig, Swedish viktig.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /?we?ti/
Rhymes: -e?ti

Adjective

weighty (comparative weightier, superlative weightiest)

Heavy (“having a lot of weight”).
Important; serious; not trivial or petty.
Rigorous; severe; afflictive.

Derived terms

weightily
weightiness

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