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brobdingnagian

/ˌbɹɒbdɪŋˈnaɡɪən/

brobdingnagian is the alternative letter-case form of Brobdingnagian.

Adjective capitalized: Brobdingnagian

Brobdingnagian (comparative more Brobdingnagian, superlative most Brobdingnagian)

  1. Of or pertaining to Brobdingnag.
  2. (figuratively) Enormous, huge, far larger than is customary for such a thing.
    • When, at the head-centre, the lady demonstrator, armed with a Brobdingnagian whalebone needle, threaded with a bright red cord, executed herringboned fantasias on a canvas frame resembling a violin stand, it all looked easy enough.1899, I[srael] Zangwill, “The Keeper of Conscience”, in “They that Walk in Darkness”: Ghetto Tragedies, Philadelphia, Pa.: The Jewish Publication Society of America, →OCLC, section VII, page 289
    • The two men followed Madame de Vaurigard into a square hall, hung with tapestries and lit by two candles of a Brobdingnagian species Mellin had heretofore seen only in cathedrals.1907, Booth Tarkington, “Glamour”, in His Own People
    Antonyms:
    lilliputian

Noun capitalized: Brobdingnagian

Brobdingnagian (plural Brobdingnagians)

  1. A creature from Brobdingnag.
  2. (figuratively) A giant.

Synonyms of brobdingnagian

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Antonyms

Forms of brobdingnagian

Adjective
comparativemore brobdingnagian
superlativemost brobdingnagian
comparativemore Brobdingnagian
superlativemost Brobdingnagian
alternative formbrobdingnagian
Noun
pluralBrobdingnagians

Origin of brobdingnagian

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

Words formed from brobdingnagian

Questions about brobdingnagian

What does brobdingnagian mean?
Brobdingnagian means of or pertaining to Brobdingnag.
What is brobdingnagian the alternative letter-case form of?
Brobdingnagian is the alternative letter-case form of Brobdingnagian.
What part of speech is brobdingnagian?
Brobdingnagian can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce brobdingnagian?
Brobdingnagian is pronounced /ˌbɹɒbdɪŋˈnaɡɪən/ (UK).

Words near brobdingnagian in the dictionary

  1. brob
  2. brobactam
  3. brobbed
  4. brobbing
  5. Brobdingnag
  6. brobdingnagian
  7. Brobdingnagian vision
  8. Brobdingnagians
  9. Brobenah
  10. Broberg
  11. Brobergs

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