Brobdingnagian

[ brob-ding-nag-ee-uhn ]

/ ˌbrɒb dɪŋˈnæg i ən /

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adjective

of huge size; gigantic; tremendous.

noun

an inhabitant of Brobdingnag.

a being of tremendous size; giant.

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Origin of Brobdingnagian

First recorded in 1725–30; Brobdingnag + -ian

Words nearby Brobdingnagian

Broadway, broadwife, broad-winged hawk, brob, Brobdingnag, Brobdingnagian, Broca, brocade, Broca's aphasia, Broca's area, brocatel

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How to use Brobdingnagian in a sentence

I never ceased marveling at the pluck with which this Lilliputian tackled life in the midst of such Brobdingnagian surroundings.
Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road|Katharine Lee Bates
He told her about Texas, at length and in detail, being a true son of that Brobdingnagian state.
Cheerful--By Request|Edna Ferber
From a point near the top a gigantic baobab tree towered up against the skyline like a Brobdingnagian cabbage.
Into the Primitive|Robert Ames Bennet
The men seek no relaxation from their business occupations save in Brobdingnagian dinners and suppers.
Mary Wollstonecraft|Elizabeth Robins Pennell

But then she had carried him off between her finger and thumb, so to speak, as the Brobdingnagian ladies carried off Gulliver.
Septimus|William J. Locke

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)

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