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Date: 1500-1600
Origin: Gargantua, name of a giant in the book Gargantua (1534) by François Rabelais

gargantuan

 adjective
     
gar‧gan‧tu‧an written
extremely large [= gigantic]:
a meal of gargantuan proportions
gargantuan task
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