struldbrug
struldbrug is the alternative letter-case form of Struldbrug.
Noun capitalized: Struldbrug
Struldbrug (plural Struldbrugs)
- Someone or something that is immortal or extremely ancient, but which may have persisted past the point where it should be dead.
- It might be thought a precedent, and he would not like it; he who is to inherit the place when that old Struldbrug, Gotham, is withered and cast away, when that old log is so barnacle-bored as to be worthless.1887 April 9, Sabine Baring-Gould, “Richard Cable, the Lightshipman”, in Chambers's Journal, volume 4, number 171, page 229
- Antique memorial, exiled to Egypt's shame, Forlorn Struldbrug! why should we covet thee?1892, Donizetti Muller, Links from Broken Chains, page 64
Forms of struldbrug
| plural | struldbrugs |
|---|---|
| plural | Struldbrugs |
| alternative form | struldbrug |
| alternative form | struldbrugg |
| alternative form | Struldbrugg |
Origin of struldbrug
From Struldbrug, the name given to a fictional race of senile immortals inhabiting the island of Luggnagg who are legally declared dead at the age of 80 and continue to age, coined by Anglo-Irish satirist and essayist Jonathan Swift in Gulliver's Travels.
Words formed from struldbrug
Questions about struldbrug
- What does struldbrug mean?
- Struldbrug means someone or something that is immortal or extremely ancient, but which may have persisted past the point where it should be dead.
- What is struldbrug the alternative letter-case form of?
- Struldbrug is the alternative letter-case form of Struldbrug.
- What part of speech is struldbrug?
- Struldbrug is a noun.
- What is the plural of struldbrug?
- The plural of struldbrug is struldbrugs.
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