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brobdingnagian

[brob-ding-nag-ee-uh

Origin

adjective

of huge size; gigantic; tremendous.

noun

an inhabitant of Brobdingnag.

a being of tremendous size; giant.

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Origin:
Brobdingnag + -ian

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Brobdingnagian (ˌbrɒbdɪŋˈnæɡɪən)

—*adj*
	gigantic; huge; immense

[C18: from Brobdingnag, an imaginary country of giants in Swift's Gulliver's Travels (1726)]

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brobdingnagian

"huge, immense, gigantic," 1728, from Brobdingnag.

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"Proportion ... You can't help thinking about it in these London streets, where it doesn't exist.... It's like listening to a symphony of cats to walk along them. Senseless discords and a horrible disorder all the way.... A concert of Brobdingnagian cats. Order has been turned into a disgusting chaos. We need no barbarians from outside; they're on the premises, all the time."

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