From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Brobdingnagian \Brob'ding*nag"i*an\, adjective [From Brobdingnag, a country of giants in ''Gulliver's Travels.''] Colossal; of extraordinary height; gigantic. -- n. A giant. [Spelt often {Brobdignagian}.]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adjective
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}]
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