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gargantuan
gar·gan·tu·an [ gaar gánchoo ən ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
huge: tremendously large in amount, number, or size
[Late 16th century. <Gargantua, giant hero of Gargantua (1534) by François Rabelais]
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