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 • Nov. 25, 2025

“It was a Brobdingnagian grip-and-grin if there ever was one.”

From Salon • Jul. 8, 2018

If, after a Brobdingnagian fine for mortgage-backed securities, Deutsche Bank also faces a huge settlement for mirror trades, the bank may need to recapitalize with German government money.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 16, 2016

Her bedraggled head nearly scrapes the ceiling of the Bushwick Starr in Brooklyn, where Jason Craig’s play opened on Thursday night, and her scrawny torso is attached to a Brobdingnagian skirt that defies circumnavigation.

From New York Times • Jan. 15, 2016

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