BROBDINGNAGIAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Brobdingnagian mean? 

• BROBDINGNAGIAN (adjective)
  The adjective BROBDINGNAGIAN has 2 senses:

1. huge; relating to or characteristic of the imaginary country of Brobdingnag

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

  Familiarity information: BROBDINGNAGIAN used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BROBDINGNAGIAN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Huge; relating to or characteristic of the imaginary country of Brobdingnag

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Brobdingnag (a land imagined by Jonathan Swift where everything was enormous)

Derivation:

Brobdingnag (a land imagined by Jonathan Swift where everything was enormous)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope

Synonyms:

Brobdingnagian; huge; immense; vast

Context example:

the vast accumulation of knowledge...which we call civilization

Similar:

big; large (above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent)