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Brobdingnagian
adjective
of huge size; gigantic; tremendous.
More about Brobdingnagian
The adjective Brobdingnagian, 鈥渆normous in size, immense, gigantic,鈥� derives from the noun Brobdingnag, the land of the giants, the second of the exotic lands that Lemuel Gulliver visited as recorded in Jonathan Swift鈥檚 Gulliver鈥檚 Travels. Just as Lilliput and Lilliputian sound small and cute, so Brobdingnag and Brobdingnagian sound clumsy and heavy. Brobdingnagian entered English in the first half of the 18th century.
how is Brobdingnagian used?
… the entire space will be given over to a single Brobdingnagian sculpture鈥斺�淩everse Curve,鈥� back-to-back plates that form an S-shape and wind, riverlike, for 99 feet.
Since the launch of the Kepler telescope, scientists have discovered that the boiling, Brobdingnagian planets are in fact rarities and are just simpler to spot than cold, rocky planets.
More about forby
All the senses of the adverb forby are archaic, obsolete, or Scottish. Middle English forbi, meaning 鈥減ast in space, past in time,鈥� is formed from the adverbs and prepositions for鈥攂别迟迟别谤, fore鈥斺�渂efore鈥� and by 鈥渘earby, close at hand.鈥� German has the closely related adverb vorbei 鈥減ast, gone, over (with).鈥� Forby entered English in the 13th century.
how is forby used?
Forby, he had a bashfu’ spirit / That sham’d to tell / His worth or wants ….
Ither laddies a’ oot playin’ at something, an’ forby it’s no healthy to sit too lang aye readin’.
concinnate
verb (used with object)
to arrange or blend together skillfully, as parts or elements; put together in a harmonious, precisely appropriate, or elegant manner.
More about concinnate
The very rare verb concinnate,鈥� to put together harmoniously, appropriately, or elegantly,鈥� comes straight from the Latin past participle 肠辞苍肠颈苍苍腻迟耻蝉 鈥渕ade ready, prepared, repaired, touched up,鈥� from the verb 肠辞苍肠颈苍苍腻谤别 “to repair, set in order,” which has no known etymology. Concinnate entered English in the early 17th century.
how is concinnate used?
But first an explanation to聽concinnate聽my narrative.
I am glad you are trying to concinnate your nomenclature.