Brobdingnagian

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Of or pertaining to Brobdingnag.

2. 2

   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.
   • 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.
3. 3

   A creature from Brobdingnag.

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   1. 4

      A giant.

   2. 5

      Alternative letter-case form of Brobdingnagian.

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