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- DictionaryBrobdingnagian/ˌbrɒbdɪŋˈnaɡɪən/
adjective
- 1. huge; gigantic: "a beam engine of Brobdingnagian proportions"
noun
- 1. a giant.
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In Jonathan Swift's novel Gulliver's Travels, Brobdingnag is the name of a land that is populated by a race of human giants "as tall as an ordinary spire steeple."
Brobdingnagian definition: of huge size; gigantic; tremendous. . See examples of BROBDINGNAGIAN used in a sentence.
Brobdingnagian culture consists of history, poetry, mathematics and ethics, mathematics being a particular strength. Printing has been long known but libraries are relatively small. The king has the largest library, which contains about one thousand volumes.
1. of huge size; gigantic; tremendous. noun. 2. an inhabitant of Brobdingnag. 3. a being of tremendous size; giant. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC. Modified entries © 2019 by Penguin Random House LLC and HarperCollins Publishers Ltd. Word origin.
Jun 2, 2024 · Brobdingnagian ( comparative more Brobdingnagian, superlative most Brobdingnagian) Of or pertaining to Brobdingnag. ( figurative) Enormous, huge, far larger than is customary for such a thing . Synonyms: see Thesaurus: large. Antonyms: lilliputian; see also Thesaurus: tiny.
Definitions of Brobdingnagian. adjective. huge; relating to or characteristic of the imaginary country of Brobdingnag. adjective. unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope. synonyms: huge, immense, vast. big, large. above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent.
Define Brobdingnagian. Brobdingnagian synonyms, Brobdingnagian pronunciation, Brobdingnagian translation, English dictionary definition of Brobdingnagian. adj. Immense; enormous. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
Definition: 1 : an inhabitant of Brobdingnag, an imaginary land of giants in Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels 2 : someone or something marked by tremendous size.
Noun. Singular: Brobdingnagian. Plural: brobdingnagians. Origin of Brobdingnagian. After Brobdingnag , a country in Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift, where everything was enormous. From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
Definition of Brobdingnag in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
