Definitions for Gargantua

Gargantua Gar·gan·tu·a

Spelling: [gahr-gan-choo-uh]
IPA: /gɑrˈgæn tʃu ə/

Gargantua is a 9 letter English word.

You can make 156 anagrams from letters in Gargantua (aaaggnrtu).

Definitions for Gargantua

noun

  1. an amiable giant and king, noted for his enormous capacity for food and drink, in Rabelais' Gargantua and Pantagruel.
  2. (italics) a satirical novel (1534) by Rabelais.

Examples for Gargantua

One of these cliffs, from its size and shape, is called the Chair of Gargantua.

After Honoré Daumier caricatured King Louis Philippe as Gargantua, he was sent to prison.

He was a descendant of Esau on his father's side, and of Gargantua on his mother's.

If ever a reputation was fixed on a solid basis, it is that of Gargantua.

Gargantua can procure for you wealth, honors, and influence.

Gargantua, a man of fifty-five, is introduced to Eudemon, a boy of twelve.

Rabelais wrote Gargantua here, in this city devoted to the most Pantagruelian of pleasures.

A prominent character in Gargantua and Pantagruel by Rabelais.

At this conjuncture of affairs, who but is reminded of the youth and the education of Gargantua?

Touraine is like the Abbaye of Theleme, so vaunted in the history of Gargantua.

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