Brobdingnagian
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of Brobdingnagian
First recorded in 1725–30; Brobdingnag + -ian
Example Sentences
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The words seem today, dwarfed as they are by the Brobdingnagian architectural setting, a bit smaller than they once did.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026
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 ● Nov. 25, 2025
They were few enough that at times it seemed a coveted appearance on the Brobdingnagian video screen might come to each and every one of them.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 1, 2021
The tile work crumbled from the Brobdingnagian pylons, but the square was alive.
From New York Times ● May 11, 2020
Given passenger pigeons’ Brobdingnagian appetites for mast and maize, one would expect that Indians would also have hunted them and wanted to keep down their numbers.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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