brobdingnagian

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities
US /ˌbrɑbdɪŋˈnæɡiən/ UK /ˌbrɒbdɪŋˈnæɡiən/
adj

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    of enormous size; gigantic

    The corporation built a brobdingnagian warehouse on the outskirts.

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Synonyms
1 adj · of enormous size; gigantic giganticcolossalenormousimmensehugemammothtitanic

Etymology

An eponym coined by Jonathan Swift from Brobdingnag, the land of giants in Gulliver's Travels (1726). The place-name was Swift's invention.

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