Brobdingnagian

[ brob-ding-nag-ee-uhn ]

/ ˌbrɒb dɪŋˈnæg i ən /

SEE SYNONYMS FOR Brobdingnagian ON THESAURUS.COM

adjective

of huge size; gigantic; tremendous.

noun

an inhabitant of Brobdingnag.

a being of tremendous size; giant.

Origin of Brobdingnagian

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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Example sentences from the Web for Brobdingnagian

She sent in to his office little perfumed notes, directed by the fair hand of Felicia in Brobdingnagian characters.
That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 3(of 3)|Frances Eleanor Trollope
And he rumbled and thundered again with Brobdingnagian mirth.
Tramping on Life|Harry Kemp
Nor is progress to be found in merely quantitative, Brobdingnagian expansion.
Recent Developments in European Thought|Various
But Mr. Lowndes may be offended if you do not exhibit his Brobdingnagian bouquet.
Jessamine|Marion Harland

It is well death removed the Boston critic before our city entered into its present Brobdingnagian phase.
The Ways of Men|Eliot Gregory

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)

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	brobdingnagian
释义	Brobdingnagian [ brob-ding-nag-ee-uhn ] / ˌbrɒb dɪŋˈnæg i ən / SEE SYNONYMS FOR Brobdingnagian ON THESAURUS.COM adjective of huge size; gigantic; tremendous. noun an inhabitant of Brobdingnag. a being of tremendous size; giant. Origin of Brobdingnagian Brobdingnag + -ian Words nearby Brobdingnagian Broadway, broadwife, broad-winged hawk, brob, Brobdingnag, Brobdingnagian, Broca, brocade, Broca's aphasia, Broca's area, brocatel Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for Brobdingnagian She sent in to his office little perfumed notes, directed by the fair hand of Felicia in Brobdingnagian characters. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 3(of 3)\|Frances Eleanor Trollope And he rumbled and thundered again with Brobdingnagian mirth. Tramping on Life\|Harry Kemp Nor is progress to be found in merely quantitative, Brobdingnagian expansion. Recent Developments in European Thought\|Various But Mr. Lowndes may be offended if you do not exhibit his Brobdingnagian bouquet. Jessamine\|Marion Harland It is well death removed the Boston critic before our city entered into its present Brobdingnagian phase. The Ways of Men\|Eliot Gregory 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) Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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