Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to Pantagruel (see
Pantagruelism ); partaking of or resembling Pantagruelism.
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word Pantagruelian.
Examples
-
There was cheer all around, and offerings of wedges of white bread and pasteurized cheese, which we stuffed into our mouths in a burlesque of a Pantagruelian feast.
Richard Bangs: Climbing the Killer Prince -- Merapi Volcano of Java, Part 3 Richard Bangs 2010
-
There was cheer all around, and offerings of wedges of white bread and pasteurized cheese, which we stuffed into our mouths in a burlesque of a Pantagruelian feast.
Richard Bangs: Climbing the Killer Prince -- Merapi Volcano of Java, Part 3 Richard Bangs 2010
-
There was cheer all around, and offerings of wedges of white bread and pasteurized cheese, which we stuffed into our mouths in a burlesque of a Pantagruelian feast.
Richard Bangs: Climbing the Killer Prince -- Merapi Volcano of Java, Part 3 Richard Bangs 2010
-
There was cheer all around, and offerings of wedges of white bread and pasteurized cheese, which we stuffed into our mouths in a burlesque of a Pantagruelian feast.
Richard Bangs: Climbing the Killer Prince -- Merapi Volcano of Java, Part 3 Richard Bangs 2010
-
There was cheer all around, and offerings of wedges of white bread and pasteurized cheese, which we stuffed into our mouths in a burlesque of a Pantagruelian feast.
Richard Bangs: Climbing the Killer Prince -- Merapi Volcano of Java, Part 3 Richard Bangs 2010
-
They looked into Mr. Chirac's seemingly Pantagruelian appetite, as he and his wife expensed food to the tune of €600 a day for years; had the Chiracs really eaten so much?
Citizen Chirac Pierre Briancon 2007
-
To the heathen philosopher succeeded a pack of Capuchins, monks who forbid us the use of beans, that is, Pantagruelian books.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
-
To the heathen philosopher succeeded a pack of Capuchins, monks who forbid us the use of beans, that is, Pantagruelian books.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
-
Richelieu's theatre was made into an opera-house, and masked balls of an unparalleled magnificence were frequently given, not forgetting to mention -- without emphasis however -- suppers of a Pantagruelian opulence and lavish orgies at which the chronicles only hint.
Royal Palaces and Parks of France Blanche McManus
-
Pantagruelian motto "Fay ce que vouldray" would be written in letters of gold.
Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations John Cowper Powys 1917
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.