Brobdingnagian

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Brobdingnagian \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]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Brobdingnagian
       adj 1: huge; relating to or characteristic of the imaginary country
              of Brobdingnag
       2: unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially
          extent or scope; "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 [syn: {huge},
           {immense}, {vast}]