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Brobdingnagian

[ brob-ding-nag-ee-uh n ]

/ ˌbrɒb dɪŋˈnæg i ən /

adjective

of huge size; gigantic; tremendous.

noun

an inhabitant of Brobdingnag.

a being of tremendous size; giant.

Origin of Brobdingnagian

Brobdingnag + -ian

Example sentences from the Web for brobdingnagian

She sent in to his office little perfumed notes, directed by the fair hand of Felicia in Brobdingnagian characters.

That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 3(of 3) |Frances Eleanor Trollope
And he rumbled and thundered again with Brobdingnagian mirth.

Tramping on Life |Harry Kemp
Nor is progress to be found in merely quantitative, Brobdingnagian expansion.

Recent Developments in European Thought |Various
But Mr. Lowndes may be offended if you do not exhibit his Brobdingnagian bouquet.

Jessamine |Marion Harland

It is well death removed the Boston critic before our city entered into its present Brobdingnagian phase.

The Ways of Men |Eliot Gregory

British Dictionary definitions for brobdingnagian

Brobdingnagian

/ (ˌbrɒbdɪŋˈnæɡɪən) /

adjective

gigantic; huge; immense

Word Origin for Brobdingnagian

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