supergargantuan

English

Alternative forms

• super-gargantuan

Etymology

super- +‎ gargantuan

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /suːpəɹˈɡɑɹˈɡæn.t͡ʃu.ən/

Adjective

supergargantuan (comparative more supergargantuan, superlative most supergargantuan)

1. (rare) Exceptionally gargantuan; extraordinarily large or great.
   • 1938 April 30, Mabel Keefer, “Cinematic Soliloquy: Induced by Random Notes from the Little Scratch Pad of Mabel Keefer”, in Hollywood Spectator‎^[1], Hollywood Spectator, Inc., page 15:

     QUOTING LeRoy Prinz, dance director in chief for Paramount, the New York Herald Tribune says: ‘‘He contends that the supergargantuan musicals that have been rolling out of Hollywood will be replaced soon by new musicals of more intimate nature.” Glory be!

   • 1940, Poul Anderson, Musical Courier 1940-12-01: Volume 122 Issue 11‎^[2], Summy-Birchard Publishing Company, page 70:

     Recently a fairly young man was put in charge of the supergargantuan performances of Wagner at the Metropolitan Opera.

   • 1958, Commonweal, Volume 68‎^[3], Commonweal Publishing Corporation, page 326:

     The monstrous near-nude lady and gent who used, oddly enough, to advertise a clothing store, have fallen before the wreckers and have been replaced by two supergargantuan pop bottles separated, just as oddly, by a Niagara of a waterfall.

   • 1959, The Nation, Volume 188‎^[4], J.H. Richards, page 60:

     The Rand-type thinkman thinks only about death and how to inflict it on a supergargantuan scale.

   • 2010 June 4, Michael Lynderey, “June 2010 Forecast”, in www.boxofficeprophets.com‎^[5], archived from the original on 21 January 2021:

     June 2010 appears relatively massive, with a slow streak ending on the 18th and giving way to an escalation of blockbusters - in what looks to be 15 days of supergargantuan box office.