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brobdingnagian

/ˌbrɒb.dɪŋˈnæɡ.i.ən/

Traducción: Adjetivo que proviene del país ficticio de Brobdingnag en la novela «Los viajes de Gulliver» de Jonathan Swift, usado para describir algo de tamaño enorme o gigantesco.

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adjective

/ˌbrɒb.dɪŋˈnæɡ.i.ən/C2formalobsoleto
  • esAdjetivo que proviene del país ficticio de Brobdingnag en la novela «Los viajes de Gulliver» de Jonathan Swift, usado para describir algo de tamaño enorme o gigantesco.

An adjective derived from the fictional land of Brobdingnag in Jonathan Swift's 'Gulliver's Travels', used to describe something of immense or gigantic size.

  1. Enormous or giganticC2formal

    Of huge size; gigantic; colossal.

    esbrobdingnagiano

    • The new skyscraper was a Brobdingnagian structure that dominated the skyline.
    • He had a Brobdingnagian appetite, eating enough for three people.
    • The company's Brobdingnagian profits surprised all the analysts.

    Sinónimoscolossalenormousgigantichugeimmensemammothmassivemonstrousprodigioustremendous

    Antónimosdiminutivelittlemicroscopicminusculeminutepetitesmalltiny

  2. Relating to BrobdingnagC2formal

    Characteristic of the imaginary land of giants in Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels.

    esrelativo a Brobdingnag

    • The Brobdingnagian king was a wise and just ruler.
    • Gulliver felt like a tiny insect in the Brobdingnagian world.
    • The Brobdingnagian landscape was filled with oversized plants and animals.
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  • more brobdingnagian comparative form
  • most brobdingnagian superlative form