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Brobdingnagian Brob Ding Nag Ee Uhn Adjective Gigantic Size Brobdingnag Country Giants

Front Brobdingnagian \brob-ding-NAG-ee-uhn\
Back adjective
Of gigantic size.

[Brobdingnagian is from Brobdingnag, a country of giants in Swift's Gulliver's Travels.]

"It never ceases to amaze me how people with seemingly Brobdingnagian egos are absolutely convinced that their supreme qualities will only become apparent to the rest of the world if they are seen in a so-called luxury car bought with taxpayers' money." - The Year 2010 and Bérenger is Prime Minister; Mauritius Times;

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