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/brob'ding nag"ee euhn/, adj.1. of huge size; gigantic; tremendous.n.2. an inhabitant of Brobdingnag.3. a being of tremendous size; giant.[BROBDINGNAG + -IAN]
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Brobdingnagian — Brob ding*nag i*an, a. [From Brobdingnag, a country of giants in Gulliver s Travels. ] Colossal; of extraordinary height; gigantic. n. A giant. [Spelt often {Brobdignagian}.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
brobdingnagian — huge, immense, gigantic, 1728, from BROBDINGNAG (Cf. Brobdingnag) … Etymology dictionary
Brobdingnagian — *huge, vast, immense, enormous, elephantine, mammoth, giant, gigantic, gigantean, colossal, gargantuan, Herculean, cyclopean, titanic Antonyms: lilliputian … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Brobdingnagian — adjective Etymology: Brobdingnag, imaginary land of giants in Gulliver s Travels, by Jonathan Swift Date: 1728 marked by tremendous size • Brobdingnagian noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
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Brobdingnagian — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Of extraordinary size and power: behemoth, Bunyanesque, colossal, cyclopean, elephantine, enormous, gargantuan, giant, gigantesque, gigantic, herculean, heroic, huge, immense, jumbo, mammoth, massive, massy,… … English dictionary for students
Brobdingnagian — n. person from the imaginary land Brobdingnag in Gulliver s Travels ; enormous person; giant adj. of or relating to the imaginary land Brobdingnag in Gulliver s Travels … English contemporary dictionary
