Gargantua

[ gahr-gan-choo-uh ]

/ gɑrˈgæn tʃu ə /

an amiable giant and king, noted for his enormous capacity for food and drink, in Rabelais' Gargantua and Pantagruel.

(italics) a satirical novel (1534) by Rabelais.

Compare Pantagruel.

Example sentences from the Web for gargantua

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

The Queen of the French Kitchen |Katie Baker |March 26, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
After Honoré Daumier caricatured King Louis Philippe as Gargantua, he was sent to prison.

Victor Navasky’s 7 Favorite Political Cartoons |Victor S. Navasky |April 10, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Dinner was served, and the table more heavily laden with viands than the stomach of Gargantua.

The Man With The Broken Ear |Edmond About
This important announcement is made by the Gargantua Company with a full realization of its significance.

Of All Things |Robert C. Benchley

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

The Days of Chivalry |Ernest Louis Victor Jules L'Epine
However, the high dignitaries of the church are not spared; for he says that Gargantua ‘se morvoit en archidiacre,’ vol.

History of Civilization in England, Vol. 2 of 3 |Henry Thomas Buckle
Touraine is like the Abbaye of Theleme, so vaunted in the history of Gargantua.

Parisians in the Country |Honore de Balzac

Gargantua

/ (ɡɑːˈɡæntjʊə) /

a gigantic king noted for his great capacity for food and drink, in Rabelais' satire Gargantua and Pantagruel (1534)