Meaning of Brobdingnagian in English

Table of contents
  1. Pronunciation
  2. Classifying Adjective
    1. Definitions
  3. Qualitative Adjective
    1. Etymology
    2. Definitions

  1. Pronunciation

    /ˌbrɑbdɪŋˈnæɡiən/

    US accent Play button

    UK accent Play button

  1. Classifying Adjective

    Brobdingnagian

    Definitions

    1. unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope

    Examples

    • « 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 »

    Synonyms

  2. Qualitative Adjective

    Brobdingnagian

    Etymology

    early 18th century: from Brobdingnag, the name given by Swift (in Gulliver's Travels) to a land where everything is of huge size, + -ian

    Definitions

    1. huge

    Examples

    • « relating to or characteristic of the imaginary country of Brobdingnag »

Browse dictionary