brobdingnagian

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Adjective 1.2.1 Synonyms 1.2.2 Antonyms 1.3 Noun

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[edit] Etymology

Brobdingnag, a country in Jonathan Swift's novel entitled Gulliver's Travels.

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brobdingnagian (comparative more brobdingnagian, superlative most brobdingnagian)

1. Of or pertaining to Brobdingnag.
2. Enormous, huge, far larger than is customary for such a thing.
   • 1907, Booth Tarkington, "Glamour" in His Own People,

     The two men followed Madame de Vaurigard into a square hall, hung with tapestries and lit by two candles of a Brobdingnagian species Mellin had heretofore seen only in cathedrals.

[edit] Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:gigantic

[edit] Antonyms

• lilliputian

[edit] Noun

brobdingnagian (plural brobdingnagians)

1. A creature from Brobdingnag.
2. (figuratively) A giant.