brobdingnagian
pronunciation
How to pronounce brobdingnagian in British English:
UK [ ˌbrɒbdɪŋ'nægɪən]
How to pronounce brobdingnagian in American English:
US
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- Adjective:
- huge; relating to or characteristic of the imaginary country of Brobdingnag
- unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope
Word Origin
- brobdingnagian (adj.)
- "huge, immense, gigantic," 1728, from Brobdingnag + -ian.
Example
- 1. She had a brobdingnagian , rambling land house titled ' the gables ' .