English Explanatory Dictionary

Brobdingnagian

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or pertaining to Brobdingnag.
  2. Enormous, huge, far larger than is customary for such a thing.
noun
  1. A creature from Brobdingnag.
  2. A giant.
adj
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Brobdingnagian.

Pronunciation

/ˌbɹɒbdɪŋˈnaɡɪən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Brobdingnagian.wav

Word forms

Brobdingnagian more Brobdingnagian most Brobdingnagian Brobdingnagians

Etymology

From Brobdingnag + -ian, fictional country inhabited by giants in Gulliver's Travels.

Synonyms

ample big cosmic bodacious broad commodious considerable expansive good-sized full generous giant grand great hefty hench immense jumbo larger than life largifical leviathan liberal long massive mega- overlarge outsized oversize oversized prodigious roomy rotund sizeable spacious stonking substantial tall vast voluminous wide astronomic behemothic big fat boxcar Brobdingnagian bulky colossal cyclopean Daniel Lambertish elephantine elephantic enormous gargantuan giantesque gigantesque gigantic gigantuan (colloquial nonstandard)) ginormous great big

Antonyms

lilliputian

Derived words

Brobdingnagian vision
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