BROBDINGNAGIAN


Meaning of BROBDINGNAGIAN in English

adjective

also brob·dig·nag·ian |bräbdiŋ|nagēən, -dig|n-, -naig- also -nāg- sometimes -də|n-

Usage: usually capitalized

Etymology: Brobdingnag, imaginary country inhabited by giants in Gulliver's Travels, by Jonathan Swift died 1745 English satirist + English -ian

: characteristic or suggestive of Brobdingnag or its people : marked by tremendous size

the shape of Italy suggests a Brobdingnagian boot

Synonyms: see huge

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