brobdingnagian Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective huge; relating to or characteristic of the imaginary country of Brobdingnag
  2. adjective satellite unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope
    huge; vast; immense.
    • huge government spending
    • huge country estates
    • huge popular demand for higher education
    • a huge wave
    • the Los Angeles aqueduct winds like an immense snake along the base of the mountains
    • immense numbers of birds
    • at vast (or immense) expense
    • the vast reaches of outer space
    • the vast accumulation of knowledge...which we call civilization"- W.R.Inge

WordNet


Brob`ding*nag"i*an adjective
Etymology
From Brobdingnag, a country of giants in "Gulliver's Travels."
Definitions
  1. Colossal' of extraordinary height; gigantic. -- n. A giant. Spelt often Brobdignagian.

Webster 1913