brobdingnagian

brobdingnagian
a) Of or pertaining to Brobdingnag.

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.

b) Enormous, huge, far larger than is customary for such a thing.
2. noun
a) A creature from Brobdingnag.
b) A giant.

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