- gargantuan (adj.)
[gargantuan 词源字典]
- "enormous," 1590s, from Gargantua, name of the voracious giant in Rabelais' novels, supposedly from Spanish/Portuguese garganta "gullet, throat," which is from the same imitative root as gargle (v.).[gargantuan etymology, gargantuan origin, 英语词源]