3 September 2016

gargantuan

[gahr-gan-choo-uh n]

adjective

1. gigantic; enormous; colossal:
a gargantuan task.

Origin of gargantuan
1585-1595; Gargantu(a) + -an

Synonyms

huge, mammoth, immense, vast, elephantine.
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Examples from the Web for gargantuan

Contemporary Examples

“The amount of venom that can be delivered from a single bite can be gargantuan.” You know, I’ve always liked that word, “gargantuan.” I so rarely have an opportunity to use it in a sentence.
Elle describing to Budd the amount of venom delivered by a Black Mamba snake.
Kill Bill 2

The death of the gargantuan Hummer marks the passing of our obsession with largeness.
The End of Really Big
Tunku Varadarajan
February 23, 2010

But the gargantuan department, while assailed for scandals and big spending, has not had its basic existence threatened—until now.
Can the Housing and Urban Development Department Survive a Romney Administration?
Miranda Green
April 20, 2012

The other funeral home is not in operation because it is behind the gargantuan fence and considered part of the red zone.
‘It Was Like Hiroshima’: A Tour Through the Quebec Town Destroyed by a Runaway Train
Christine Pelisek
July 14, 2013

Anagram

A rang gaunt
A ragtag nun
gaga ant run

Today’s quote

Loneliness does not come from having no people around, but from being unable to communicate the things that seem important to oneself, or from holding certain views which others find inadmissible.

– Carl Jung

On this day

3 September 1901 – Australian national flag flies for the first time. The Royal Exhibition Building in Melbourne has the honours. 3 September is celebrated each year as Australia’s National Flag Day.

3 September 1939 – Britain declares war on Germany.

3 September 1970 – death of Alan Wilson from barbiturate poisoning. It’s unclear whether his death was accidental or suicide. American guitarist and singer-songwriter for Canned Heat. He was 27. His death occurred exactly 14 months after the death of Rolling Stones founder and guitarist Brian Jones, two weeks before the death of Jimi Hendrix, four weeks before the death of Janis Joplin and exactly 10 months before the death of Jimmy Morrison, all of whom were 27 when they died, fanning concerns for musicians at this age and referencing the deaths as the 27 Club. Born 4 July 1943.