Brobdingnagian

American  

[brob-ding-nag-ee-uhn] / ˌbrɒb dɪŋˈnæg i ən /

adjective

1. of huge size; gigantic; tremendous.

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noun

1. an inhabitant of Brobdingnag.

2. a being of tremendous size; giant.

Brobdingnagian British  

/ ˌbrɒbdɪŋˈnæɡɪən /

adjective

1. gigantic; huge; immense

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Etymology

Origin of Brobdingnagian

First recorded in 1725–30; Brobdingnag + -ian

Example Sentences

Downstairs in the exhibition galleries is his related sculpture of a folding card-table and four metal chairs, rendered in not dissimilar Brobdingnagian proportions.

From Los Angeles Times

In working on a series of Brobdingnagian sculptures called “Family Trees” that featured photos of her relatives, she said she came to understand her identity was half Czech and half American.

From Washington Post

They included a large Robinson Crusoe umbrella in Des Moines; a Brobdingnagian electric plug in Oberlin, Ohio; and an immense rubber stamp in Cleveland.

From Washington Post

One register is busy, surrealistic, grotesque: a Brobdingnagian nude woman swarmed with small figures in chaotic sexual poses; mummy-like forms, zippers up their thorax; body parts free-floating or severed; truncheons; bizarre machinery.

From New York Times

Covering the model’s top half was a shaggy vest of brightly dyed shearling; encasing his feet was a pair of blunt-toed loafers adorned with the Brobdingnagian buckles Mr. Anderson refers to as shoe jewelry.

From New York Times