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brobdingnagian
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
BROB
Brob, n. Etym: [Cf. Gael. brog, E. brog, n.] (Carp. )
Defn: A peculiar brad-shaped spike, to be driven alongside the end of an abutting timber to prevent its slipping.
BROBDINGNAGIAN
Brob `ding *nag "i *an, a. Etym: [From Brobdingnag, a country of giants in "Gulliver's Travels."]
Defn: Colossal' of extraordinary height; gigantic. -- n.
Defn: A giant. [Spelt often Brobdignagian.]
New American Oxford Dictionary
Brobdingnagian
Brob ding nag i an |ˌbräbdiNGˈnagēən ˌbrɑbdɪŋˈnæɡiən | ▶adjective gigantic. ▶noun a giant. ORIGIN early 18th cent.: from Brobdingnag, the name given by Swift (in Gulliver's Travels ) to a land where everything is of huge size, + -ian .
Oxford Dictionary
Brobdingnagian
Brobdingnagian |ˌbrɒbdɪŋˈnagɪən | ▶adjective huge; gigantic: a beam engine of Brobdingnagian proportions. ▶noun a giant. ORIGIN early 18th cent.: from Brobdingnag, the name given by Swift (in Gulliver's Travels ) to a land where everything is of huge size, + -ian .
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