NAMELY
eponyms (EP-uh-nimz)
words based on
or derived from a person's name.
First Known Use: mid-19th
century
“What’s in a
Name?”
Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, 2.2
68: gargantuan: huge, enormous,
gigantic (from Garguantua, a 1534
satire by François Rebelais (1483–1553; first known use of word, 1596)
His appetite—gargantuan.
His waist size, very thick.
His scale, I heard, gave up in woe—
And claimed that it was sick.
The earth would shake when he walked by—
The sidewalks sway and crack.
But one day he was here no more—
A massive heart attack.
But it was sad, the day he died—
For many loved the man.
So: careful if your appetite
Is too gargantuan!
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