Brobdingnagian
1Brobdingnagian — Brob ding*nag i*an, a. [From Brobdingnag, a country of giants in Gulliver s Travels. ] Colossal; of extraordinary height; gigantic. n. A giant. [Spelt often {Brobdignagian}.] [1913 Webster] …
2brobdingnagian — huge, immense, gigantic, 1728, from BROBDINGNAG (Cf. Brobdingnag) …
3Brobdingnagian — *huge, vast, immense, enormous, elephantine, mammoth, giant, gigantic, gigantean, colossal, gargantuan, Herculean, cyclopean, titanic Antonyms: lilliputian …
4Brobdingnagian — adjective Etymology: Brobdingnag, imaginary land of giants in Gulliver s Travels, by Jonathan Swift Date: 1728 marked by tremendous size • Brobdingnagian noun …
5brobdingnagian — 1. adjective a) Of or pertaining to Brobdingnag. 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. b) Enormous, huge …
6Brobdingnagian Bards — The Brobdingnagian Bards are a Celtic music group from Austin, Texas.HistoryMarc Gunn, formerly of Austin Texas alternative rock bands Skander and Breastfed, released a solo album ( Geography ) featuring himself on autoharp and Andrew McKee on… …
7Brobdingnagian Fairy Tales — Infobox Album Name = Brobdingnagian Fairy Tales Type = Studio Artist = Brobdingnagian Bards Released = 2005 Recorded = Genre = Celtic, filk Length = Label = Mage Producer = Reviews = Last album = A Celtic Renaissance Wedding (2004) This album =… …
8brobdingnagian vision — Also known in the literature in the (misspelled) variants brobdignagian vision and brodnigagian vision. The term brobdingnagian vision is indebted to Brobdingnag, the name of a fictitious country inhabited by huge people, featuring in the… …
9Brobdingnagian — /brob ding nag ee euhn/, adj. 1. of huge size; gigantic; tremendous. n. 2. an inhabitant of Brobdingnag. 3. a being of tremendous size; giant. [BROBDINGNAG + IAN] * * * …
10Brobdingnagian — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Of extraordinary size and power: behemoth, Bunyanesque, colossal, cyclopean, elephantine, enormous, gargantuan, giant, gigantesque, gigantic, herculean, heroic, huge, immense, jumbo, mammoth, massive, massy,… …
