Pantagruelian

adjective

Pan·​ta·​gru·​el·​i·​an ¦pantəˌgrü¦elēən 

variants or less commonly Pantagruelic

-lik

: marked by coarse and extravagant satire

Pantagruelically

-lə̇k(ə)lē

adverb

Word History

Etymology

pantagruelian from Pantagruel, coarsely humorous and gigantic son of Gargantua in the novel Pantagruel (1533) by François Rabelais †1553 French satirist + English -ian; pantagruelic from French pantagruélique, from Pantagruel + French -ique -ic

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Rhymes for Pantagruelian

• adlerian
• caesarian
• cyclopean
• empyrean
• euclidean
• european
• grammarian
• hercynian
• huronian
• jacobean
• kampuchean
• maccabean