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Brobdingnagian

[ brob-ding-nag-ee-uhn ]

adjective

  1. of huge size; gigantic; tremendous.


noun

  1. an inhabitant of Brobdingnag.
  2. a being of tremendous size; giant.

Brobdingnagian

/ ˌbrɒbdɪŋˈnæɡɪən /

adjective

  1. gigantic; huge; immense


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Brobdingnagian1

First recorded in 1725–30; Brobdingnag + -ian

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Brobdingnagian1

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

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Example Sentences

Two years at the strategic consultancy Marakon helped her retire some Brobdingnagian student loans.

I never ceased marveling at the pluck with which this Lilliputian tackled life in the midst of such Brobdingnagian surroundings.

He told her about Texas, at length and in detail, being a true son of that Brobdingnagian state.

From a point near the top a gigantic baobab tree towered up against the skyline like a Brobdingnagian cabbage.

The men seek no relaxation from their business occupations save in Brobdingnagian dinners and suppers.

But then she had carried him off between her finger and thumb, so to speak, as the Brobdingnagian ladies carried off Gulliver.

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