This week's theme: eponyms. gargantuan (gar-GAN-choo-uhn) adjective
Gigantic. [After Gargantua, a voracious giant, the father of Pantagruel, in a series of novels by François Rabelais (c. 1490-1553).] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus: http://visualthesaurus.com/?w1=gargantuan -Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org) "Walls were built around Constantinople, gargantuan chains were set over the Bosporus and the Golden Horn to prevent any attempts by the enemy to enter." Vercihan Ziflioglu; A Sole Burned Gate; Turkish Daily News (Istanbul); Mar 26, 2008. This newsletter is made possible in part by these sponsors: Brainstorming is like cholesterol. It can be good or bad. Most of us only experience the bad. Learn the good. "Think Better" http://tenkaizen.com AdSpeed - Advanced ad serving solution. Easy to use, reliable, fast service. http://www.adspeed.com/?src=wordsmith ............................................................................ I don't know why we are here, but I'm pretty sure that it is not in order to enjoy ourselves. -Ludwig Wittgenstein, philosopher (1889-1951) Our privacy policy: AWAD mailing list addresses are never sold, rented, leased, traded, swapped, exchanged, or bartered. We hate junk mail. Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/gargantuan.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/gargantuan.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/gargantuan.html This message was sent to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]".
