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BROBDINGNAGIAN

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 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope

Example:

the vast accumulation of knowledge...which we call civilization

Synonyms:

Brobdingnagian; huge; immense; vast

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Adjectives

Similar:

big; large (above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Huge; relating to or characteristic of the imaginary country of Brobdingnag

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Brobdingnag (a land imagined by Jonathan Swift where everything was enormous)

Derivation:

Brobdingnag (a land imagined by Jonathan Swift where everything was enormous)

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