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brobdingnagian

/ˌbrɒb.dɪŋˈnæɡ.i.ən/

Tradução: Adjetivo derivado de Brobdingnag, país fictício do romance "As Viagens de Gulliver", de Jonathan Swift, usado para descrever algo de tamanho enorme ou gigantesco.

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adjective

/ˌbrɒb.dɪŋˈnæɡ.i.ən/C2formalobsoleto
  • ptAdjetivo derivado de Brobdingnag, país fictício do romance "As Viagens de Gulliver", de Jonathan Swift, usado para descrever algo de tamanho enorme ou 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.

    ptGigantesco

    • 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.

    Sinônimoscolossalenormousgigantichugeimmensemammothmassivemonstrousprodigioustremendous

    Antônimosdiminutivelittlemicroscopicminusculeminutepetitesmalltiny

  2. Relating to BrobdingnagC2formal

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

    ptBrobdingnaguiano

    • 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