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   Brob·ding·nag·i·an

   /ˌbräbdiNGˈnaɡēən/

   

   adjective

   • 1. gigantic: "a beam engine of Brobdingnagian proportions"

   noun

   • 1. a giant.

   Word Origin early 18th century: from Brobdingnag, the name given by Swift (in Gulliver's Travels) to a land where everything is of huge size, + -ian.

   Scrabble Points: 21

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