Brobdingnagian

English 2006 March 2 Alternative forms en brobdingnagian Etymology From en Brobdingnag ian, fictional country inhabited by giants in Gulliver's Travels. Pronunciation en /ˌbɹɒbdɪŋˈnaɡɪən/ UK en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Brobdingnagian.wav Southern England Adjective Of or pertaining to Brobdingnag. en figurative Enormous, huge, far larger than is customary for such a thing. en Thesaurus:large en lilliputian Thesaurus:tiny VII 289 When, at the head-centre, the lady demonstrator, armed with a Brobdingnagian whalebone needle, threaded with a bright red cord, executed herringboned fantasias on a canvas frame resembling a violin stand, it all looked easy enough. en 1907 w:Booth Tarkington Glamour His Own People The two men followed Madame de Vaurigard into a square hall, hung with tapestries and lit by two candles of a Brobdingnagian species Mellin had heretofore seen only in cathedrals. en 1959 July O. S. Nock British Locomotive Practice and Performance Railway Magazine 478 The faster trains, such as the "Talisman" and the 9 a.m., load to no more than nine coaches; but while it was certainly great fun to clock the work of the Gresley Pacifics with Brobdingnagian loads the present arrangement, giving a frequent service of lighter trains, is far more convenient to the user. en 2010 w:Christopher Hitchens w:Hitch-22 Atlantic 2011 52 Again I stress the matter of sheer scale: the teachers were enormous compared to us and this lent a Brobdingnagian aspect to the scene. en 22 March 2022 w:Dixe Wills Aberdeen to Penzance: the spectacular sights of Britain’s longest train journey w:The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2022/mar/22/aberdeen-to-penzance-the-spectacular-sights-of-britains-longest-train-journey Once a week, a train pulls out of Aberdeen station at 08.20 and heads south. There’s no great fanfare, no particular sense of occasion, and the train itself is only five coaches long. However, everything else about this service is Brobdingnagian. en-GB Oliver Wainwright An eco obscenity: Norman Foster’s steroidal new skyscraper is an affront to the New York skyline The Guardian 2025-12-03 https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/dec/03/eco-obscenity-norman-foster-skyscraper-jp-morgan-new-york 0261-3077 The Brobdingnagian pile is the work of Foster+Partners, led by the 90-year-old Norman Foster, who is no stranger to penning extravagant bank headquarters. https://web.archive.org/web/20261016123125/https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/dec/03/eco-obscenity-norman-foster-skyscraper-jp-morgan-new-york 16 October 2026 Derived terms en Brobdingnagian vision Noun A creature from Brobdingnag. en figuratively A giant. Further reading Brobdingnag Brobdingnag en terms derived from fiction terms derived from toponyms en Size