Synonyms of Brobdingnagian
Brobdingnagian
4 dictionary results for: Brobdingnagian
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Brob·ding·nag·i·an 
[brob-ding-nag-ee-uhn] Pronunciation Key
[brob-ding-nag-ee-uhn] Pronunciation Key –adjective
–noun
| 1. | of huge size; gigantic; tremendous. |
| 2. | an inhabitant of Brobdingnag. |
| 3. | a being of tremendous size; giant. |
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| Brob·ding·nag·i·an
(brŏb'dĭng-nāg'ē-ən) Pronunciation Key
adj. Immense; enormous. [After Brobdingnag, a country in Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift, where everything was enormous.] |
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| brobdingnagian | |
adjective | |
| 1. | huge; relating to or characteristic of the imaginary country of Brobdingnag |
| 2. | unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope; "huge government spending"; "huge country estates"; "huge popular demand for higher education"; "a huge wave"; "the Los Angeles aqueduct winds like an immense snake along the base of the mountains"; "immense numbers of birds"; "at vast (or immense) expense"; "the vast reaches of outer space"; "the vast accumulation of knowledge...which we call civilization"- W.R.Inge [syn: huge] |
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Brobdingnagian
Brob`ding*nag"i*an\, a. [From Brobdingnag, a country of giants in "Gulliver's Travels."] Colossal; of extraordinary height; gigantic. -- n. A giant. [Spelt often Brobdignagian.]
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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