English Explanatory Dictionary

Laputan

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Fanciful; preposterous; absurd in philosophy or science.
noun
  1. A native or inhabitant of the fictional island of Laputa.

Pronunciation

/ləˈpjuːtən/

Word forms

Laputan more Laputan most Laputan Laputans

Etymology

From Laputa + -an, after Laputa, an imaginary flying island described in Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels (1726).

Related words

Lagadan
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