Brobdingnagian
of huge size; gigantic; tremendous.
an inhabitant of Brobdingnag.
a being of tremendous size; giant.
Historical Examples
The Ways of Men Eliot Gregory
Europe After 8:15 H. L. Mencken, George Jean Nathan and Willard Huntington Wright
Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 100, June 20, 1891 Various
Clarence Bret Harte
Eye Spy William Hamilton Gibson
The Letters of Charles Dickens Charles Dickens
Darkwater W. E. B. Du Bois
The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete John Forster
Into the Primitive Robert Ames Bennet
The Dwelling House George Vivian Poore
adjective
gigantic; huge; immense
adj.
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