— Pantagruelian /pan'teuh grooh el"ee euhn/ , adj. — Pantagruelically , adv. — Pantagruelism /pan'teuh grooh"euh liz'euhm, pan tag"rooh euh liz'euhm/ , n. — Pantagruelist , n.
/pan tag"rooh el', -euhl, pan'teuh grooh"euhl/ ; Fr. /pahonn tann grddyuu el"/ , n.
1. (in Rabelais' Pantagruel ) the huge son of Gargantua, represented as dealing with serious matters in a spirit of broad and somewhat cynical good humor.
2. ( italics ) a satirical novel (1532) by Rabelais. Cf. Gargantua .