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Definitions for brobdingnagian
ˌbrɒb dɪŋˈnæg i ənbrob·d·ing·na·gian
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Princeton's WordNet
Brobdingnagianadjective
huge; relating to or characteristic of the imaginary country of Brobdingnag
huge, immense, vast, Brobdingnagianadjective
unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope
"huge government spending"; "huge country estates"; "huge popular demand for higher education"; "a huge wave"; "the Los Angeles aqueduct winds like an immense snake along the base of the mountains"; "immense numbers of birds"; "at vast (or immense) expense"; "the vast reaches of outer space"; "the vast accumulation of knowledge...which we call civilization"- W.R.Inge
Wiktionary
Brobdingnagiannoun
A creature from Brobdingnag.
Brobdingnagiannoun
A giant.
Brobdingnagianadjective
Of or pertaining to Brobdingnag.
Brobdingnagianadjective
Enormous, huge, far larger than is customary for such a thing.
Wikipedia
brobdingnagian
Brobdingnag is a fictional land, which is occupied by giants, in Jonathan Swift's 1726 satirical novel Gulliver's Travels. The story's main character, Lemuel Gulliver, visits the land after the ship on which he is travelling is blown off course. As a result, he becomes separated from a party exploring the unknown land. In the second preface to the book, Gulliver laments that the publisher misspelled the land's name, which Gulliver asserts is actually called Brobdingrag.The adjective "Brobdingnagian" has come to describe anything of colossal size.
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brobdingnagian
Brobdingnagian means extremely large; huge; gigantic. It is derived from Brobdingnag, a land of giant people in Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver's Travels".
Webster Dictionary
Brobdingnagianadjective
colossal; of extraordinary height; gigantic
Brobdingnagiannoun
a giant
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Brobdingnagian
brob-ding-nā′ji-an, n. an inhabitant of the fabulous region of Brobdingnag in Gulliver's Travels, the people of which were of great stature—hence a gigantic person.—adj. gigantic.—adj. Brobdingnag′, immense.
Editors Contribution
brobdingnagian
Gigantic
A dining table that fills a room leaving no space for chairs.
Submitted by JP03 on January 1, 2015
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of brobdingnagian in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of brobdingnagian in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of brobdingnagian in a Sentence
Work smart and make thy stockpile Brobdingnagian and then set thy ambition to become king-sized. -MillYentei
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