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Brob·ding·nag·i·an

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–adjective

1.	of huge size; gigantic; tremendous.

–noun

2.	an inhabitant of Brobdingnag.

3.	a being of tremendous size; giant.

[Origin: Brobdingnag + -ian

]

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Brob·ding·nag·i·an Audio Help (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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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.]

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