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LAPUTAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Laputan mean?
• LAPUTAN (adjective)
The adjective LAPUTAN has 2 senses:
1. relating to or characteristic of the imaginary country of Laputa or its people
2. not practical or realizable; speculative
Familiarity information: LAPUTAN used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Relating to or characteristic of the imaginary country of Laputa or its people
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
Laputa (a land imagined by Jonathan Swift where impractical projects were pursued and practical projects neglected)
Derivation:
Laputa (a land imagined by Jonathan Swift where impractical projects were pursued and practical projects neglected)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Not practical or realizable; speculative
Synonyms:
airy; impractical; Laputan; visionary; windy
Context example:
visionary schemes for getting rich
Similar:
utopian (characterized by or aspiring to impracticable perfection)
Derivation:
Laputa (a land imagined by Jonathan Swift where impractical projects were pursued and practical projects neglected)
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