Crossword-Solution: GARGANTUA
We have 12 clues for the answer “GARGANTUA”
| Clue | Answers |
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| BADABEC, husband of | 1 answer |
| BARDABEC, husband of | 1 answer |
| Father of Pantagruel. | 1 answer |
| Fictional king with an enormous appetite | 1 answer |
| Giant of medieval legend. | 1 answer |
| Hero/giant created by Rabelais | 1 answer |
| PANTAGRUEL, father of | 1 answer |
| Rabelais's amiable giant | 1 answer |
| a voracious giant in Francois Rabelais' book of the same name | 1 answer |
| monster in Japanese film | 1 answer |
| Rabelais giant | 2 answers |
| Rabelaisian giant | 2 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included
within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or
a triangle.
Hint 2 anagram
AARE
Hint 3 another clue
CERTAIN BRAIN SIZE
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Sentences with GARGANTUA (5)
The lines are copied in my wife’s hand, as I cannot see to write otherwise than with the pen of Cormoran, Gargantua, or Nimrod.
This Gargantua is the counterpart of that which the martyred Dolet printed for (or pirated from, alas!) Maître François Rabelais.
Although every one cannot be a Gargantua-Napoleon-Bismarck and walk off with the great bells of Notre Dame, every one must bear his own universe, and most persons are moderately interested in learning how their neighbors have managed to carry theirs.
This fine gentlemanly character so pleased the good Gargantua, that he decided to give the post of watching his granaries to the shrew-mouse, with the most ample of powers--of justice, comittimus, missi dominici, clergy, men-at-arms, and all.
The shrew-mouse promised faithfully to accomplish his task, and to do his duty as a loyal beast, on condition that he lived on a heap of grain, which Gargantua thought perfectly fair.
Quotes with GARGANTUA (2)
Reading list (1972 edition)[edit]1. Homer — Iliad, Odyssey2. The Old Testament3. Aeschylus — Tragedies4. Sophocles — Tragedies5. Herodotus — Histories6. Euripides — Tragedies7. Thucydides — History of the Peloponnesian War8. Hippocrates — Medical Writings9. Aristophanes — Comedies10. Plato — Dialogues11. Aristotle — Works12. Epicurus — Letter to Herodotus; Letter to Menoecus13. Euclid — Elements14. Archimedes — Works15. Apollonius of Perga — Conic Sections16. Cicero — Works17…
The problem with a lot of people who read only literary fiction is that they assume fantasy is just books about orcs and goblins and dragons and wizards and bullshit. And to be fair, a lot of fantasy is about that stuff. The problem with people in fantasy is they believe that literary fiction is just stories about a guy drinking tea and staring out the window at the rain while he thinks about his mother. And the truth is a lot of literary fiction is just that. Like, kind of p…
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Appears in: CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NYT.
Used 9 times in crossword archives (1946–2009).