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  • adjective huge, gigantic, enormous.
  • adjective voracious, insatiable.

Etymologies

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From François Rabelais' character Pantagruel.

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Examples

  • I would rather try to return by some pantagruelian subtlety to my herd of celibates and honest women, with many an attempt to discover some social utility in their passions and follies.

    Analytical Studies Honor�� de Balzac 1824

  • I would rather try to return by some pantagruelian subtlety to my herd of celibates and honest women, with many an attempt to discover some social utility in their passions and follies.

    The Physiology of Marriage, Complete Honor�� de Balzac 1824

  • I would rather try to return by some pantagruelian subtlety to my herd of celibates and honest women, with many an attempt to discover some social utility in their passions and follies.

    The Physiology of Marriage, Part 3 Honor�� de Balzac 1824

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