brobdingnagian

UK /ˌbɹɒbdɪŋˈnaɡɪən/ US /ˌbɹɒbdɪŋˈnaɡɪən/
adj 3noun 2

Definitions

adj

1

Of or pertaining to Brobdingnag.

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.

noun

1

A creature from Brobdingnag.

2

A giant.

adj

1

Alternative letter-case form of Brobdingnagian.

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