BROBDINGNAGIAN

huge, immense, vast, Brobdingnagian

(adjective) 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

Brobdingnagian

(adjective) huge; relating to or characteristic of the imaginary country of Brobdingnag

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

Brobdingnagian (comparative more Brobdingnagian, superlative most Brobdingnagian)

Of or pertaining to Brobdingnag.

(figuratively) Enormous, huge, far larger than is customary for such a thing.

Synonyms

• See also gigantic

Antonyms

• lilliputian

Noun

Brobdingnagian (plural Brobdingnagians)

A creature from Brobdingnag.

(figuratively) A giant.

Adjective

brobdingnagian (comparative more brobdingnagian, superlative most brobdingnagian)

Alternative letter-case form of Brobdingnagian

Source: Wiktionary


Brob`ding*nag"i*an, a. Etym: [From Brobdingnag, a country of giants in "Gulliver's Travels."]

Definition: Colossal' of extraordinary height; gigantic.

– n.

Definition: A giant. [Spelt often Brobdignagian.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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