Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

brobdingnagian vision

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.55 in modern English

Syllables: brob-d-ing-na-gian vi-sion
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

20

Letters

6

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A hallucination or visual disorder in which objects appear larger or nearer than they are; macropsia.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Lilliputian vision (micropsia) denotes an apparent diminution, and Brobdingnagian vision (macropsia) an apparent enlargement, in the size of objects, although the terms may also be used to denote the apparent approach or recession of the visual world"

Etymology

Compound of Brobdingnagian + vision; ultimately from Brobdingnag, a fictional land of giants in Gulliver's Travels.

Usage

Uncountable

Antonyms

Lilliputian vision

Questions

What does brobdingnagian vision mean?: A hallucination or visual disorder in which objects appear larger or nearer than they are; macropsia.
Where does brobdingnagian vision come from?: Compound of Brobdingnagian + vision; ultimately from Brobdingnag, a fictional land of giants in Gulliver's Travels.

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