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PRONUNCIATION OF PANTAGRUELIAN

Pantagruelian  [ˌpæntəɡruːˈɛlɪən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PANTAGRUELIAN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pantagruelian is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES PANTAGRUELIAN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Pantagruelian

Gargantua and Pantagruel

The Life of Gargantua and of Pantagruel is a pentalogy of novels written in the 16th century by François Rabelais, which tells of the adventures of two giants, Gargantua and his son Pantagruel. The text is written in an amusing, extravagant, and satirical vein, and features much crudity, scatological humor, and violence. The censors of the Collège de la Sorbonne stigmatized it as obscene, and in a social climate of increasing religious oppression, it was treated with suspicion, and contemporaries avoided mentioning it. According to Rabelais, the philosophy of his giant Pantagruel, "Pantagruelism", is rooted in "a certain gaiety of mind pickled in the scorn of fortuitous things". Rabelais had studied Ancient Greek and he applied it in inventing hundreds of new words in the text, some of which became part of the French language. Wordplay and risque humor abound in his writing.

Definition of Pantagruelian in the English dictionary

The definition of Pantagruelian in the dictionary is gigantic; very large.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PANTAGRUELIAN


Anatolian
ˌænəˈtəʊlɪən
Australian
ɒˈstreɪlɪən
Boolean
ˈbuːlɪən
Boswellian
bɒzˈwɛlɪən
cerulean
sɪˈruːlɪən
chameleon
kəˈmiːlɪən
Chellean
ˈʃɛlɪən
Chilean
ˈtʃɪlɪən
Cromwellian
krɒmˈwɛlɪən
ganglion
ˈɡæŋɡlɪən
Machiavellian
ˌmækɪəˈvɛlɪən
mammalian
mæˈmeɪlɪən
Maximilian
ˌmæksɪˈmɪlɪən
mongolian
mɒŋˈɡəʊlɪən
napoleon
nəˈpəʊlɪən
Orwellian
ɔːˈwɛlɪən
Sabellian
səˈbɛlɪən
Sicilian
sɪˈsɪlɪən
stellion
ˈstɛlɪən
Wesleyan
ˈwɛzlɪən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PANTAGRUELIAN

Pantagruel
Pantagruelic
Pantagruelism
Pantagruelist
pantaleon
pantalets
pantaletted
pantalettes
pantalon
Pantalone
pantaloon
pantaloonery
pantaloons
pantdress
pantechnicon
Pantelleria
panter
Panth

WORDS THAT END LIKE PANTAGRUELIAN

Abelian
aphelian
Aristotelian
Aurelian
Brazilian
Caelian
carnelian
cornelian
Delian
Haeckelian
Hegelian
Italian
Julian
Karelian
Machiavelian
Mendelian
Mephistophelian
Mingrelian
mycelian
opisthocoelian

Synonyms and antonyms of Pantagruelian in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Pantagruelian» into 25 languages

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Translator English - Chinese

Pantagruelian
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pantagruélico
570 millions of speakers

English

Pantagruelian
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Pantagruelian
380 millions of speakers
ar

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Pantagruelian
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Pantagruelian
278 millions of speakers

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Pantagruelian
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Pantagruelian
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pantagruélique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pantagruelian
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Pantagruelian
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

Pantagruelian
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

Pantagruelian
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pantagruelian
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Pantagruelian
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Pantagruelian
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पँटाग्र्युलीयन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Pantagruelian
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pantagruelico
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pantagrueliczna
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Pantagruelian
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Pantagruelian
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Pantagruelian
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Pantagruelian
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Pantagruelian
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

pantagruelian
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PANTAGRUELIAN»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PANTAGRUELIAN» OVER TIME

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PANTAGRUELIAN»

Discover the use of Pantagruelian in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Pantagruelian and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Design of Rabelais's Tiers Livre de Pantagruel
Despite the monstrosity of his book, he says, he is certain we will not despise him for it because we, unlike Ptolemy's Egyptians, are Pantagruelian interpreters : Je recongnois en eulx tous une forme specificque, et propriete individuale, ...
Edwin M. Duval, 1997
2
The works of Mr. Francis Rabelais, doctor in physick
THE o o MOST CERTAIN, TRUE AND INFALLIBLE PANTAGRUELIAN PROGNOSTICATION «=> & FOR THE YEAR THAT 'S TO COME, AND o o EVER AND AYE. o o CALCULATED FOR THE BENEFIT AND NODDIFICA- o o TION OF THE ...
François Rabelais, Navarre society, London, 1653
3
The Works of Francis Rabelais
PANTAGRUELIAN. PROGNOSTICATION,. FOR THB YEAR THAT IS TO COME, FOR EVER AND AYE. CALCULATED FOR THB BENEFIT AND NODDIFICATION OF THB GIDDY-BRAINED AND WBATHER-WISE WOULD-BB's. BY MASTER ...
François Rabelais, Jacob Le Duchat, Mr. Ozell (John), 1855
4
Neurological Aspects of Substance Abuse
(In the 1 6th century, Rabelais described many marvelous uses of cannabis — he called it "pantagruelian" — but intoxication was not one of them.98) During this time, it was used as a folk medicine (including seizure prevention); nonmedicinal  ...
John Calvin M. Brust, 2004
5
The Dialogic Imagination: Four Essays
Pantagruelian feasts occupy a very special place in the Rabelaisian novel. Pantagruelism means the ability to be cheerful, wise and kind. Therefore, the ability to feast cheerfully and wisely is the very essence of Pantagruelism. But the feasts of ...
M. M. Bakhtin, Michael Holquist, 2010
6
The Works of Francis Rabelais
... he afterwards gained the title of king, besides Beam, Bi. gorre, Albret, and several other territories; and we are told, book Hi. chap. 48, that Pantagruel, at the -very first minute of his birth, was no less tall- than the herb Pantagruelian ( which ...
Du Chat, Motteux, Ozell, 1807
7
Fraser's Magazine
Mr.Martin has discharged his duty, both as editor and biographer, with judgment and fidelity, with discretion and ability, in a. manly—ay, in a Pantagruelian manner. The sketch of Urquhart's life is a very melancholy one. It contrasts strangely ...
James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch, 1839
8
Gargantua and Pantagruel
From the Stalk of this Pantagruelian Plant there issue forth several large and great Branches, whose Leaves have thrice as much length as breadth, always green, roughish and rugged like the Alcanet, or Spanish Buglose, hardish, slit round ...
François Rabelais, Peter Anthony Motteux, 2005
9
Fraser's Magazine
... is due to the labour of Sir Thomas Urquhart, who rendered the three first books into the English tongue ; and the liberality, ability, and Pantagruelian zeal of Theodore Martin of Edinburgh, who has caused to be reprinted from the very scarce ...
‎1839
10
Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country
Mr. Martin has discharged his duty, both as editor and biographer, with judgment and fidelity, with discretion and ability, in a manly — ay, in a Pantagruelian manner. The sketch of Urquhart's life is a very melancholy one. It contrasts strangely ...
‎1839

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PANTAGRUELIAN»

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The Buddha of the Blues
King had swelled to a Pantagruelian girth by then and he spent most of the evening performing from a chair. Even so, his voice remained robust ... «CounterPunch, Jun 15»
2
Walter Scott and South Carolina History
... to the most qualified applicant—a black Jew named Reuben Greenberg, an appointment that was rife with Petigruan and Pantagruelian glee. «The New Yorker, Apr 15»
3
Will Self on the meaning of skyscrapers – from the Tower of Babel to …
Hypertrophied mansard roofs supported by gargantuan Corinthian columns; Pantagruelian porticos leaning out over six-lane expressways ... «The Guardian, Mar 15»
4
One Woman's Global Quest For The Origins Of The Noodle
... strangers slaughter a sheep to celebrate the visit of Lin-Liu and her husband, and meals often turn into Pantagruelian lists: 'flatbread,' 'yogurt ... «WBUR, Nov 14»
5
View From Your Walker Percy Weekend Table
But my dog likes the Pantagruelian's pitbull and, truth to tell, so do I. I feed him treats and retain at each count the digits of my hand. In point of ... «The American Conservative, Apr 14»
6
La M?re Brazier: The Queen of the French Kitchen
Rabelais wrote Gargantua here, in this city devoted to the most Pantagruelian of pleasures. Where Paris brings to mind the grand hôteliers, ... «Daily Beast, Mar 14»
7
Ian Nairn: Words in Place, by Gillian Darley and David McKie, review
In Museum Without Walls (Unbound, £9.99) Meades vividly sketches a sort of Pantagruelian grotesque with a big, shiny head, sucking down ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Dec 13»
8
Wandering Appetites: Hunting The Elusive Noodle
... strangers slaughter a sheep to celebrate the visit of Lin-Liu and her husband, and meals often turn into Pantagruelian lists: "flatbread," "yogurt ... «NPR, Aug 13»
9
Follow the leader - but where to?
That's something those working on Woodside's gargantuan Browse project or its pantagruelian Sunrise field would already know. There are ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Feb 13»
10
Haven't we had enough of food pornography?
Indeed, American celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain informs us that, after a "pantagruelian" tasting-menu dinner at a foodist Mecca such as The ... «Herald Scotland, Oct 12»

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