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

Word History and Origins

Origin of Brobdingnagian¹

First recorded in 1725–30; Brobdingnag + -ian

Word History and Origins

Origin of Brobdingnagian¹

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

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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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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