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Webster 1913 Edition
Laputan
La-pu′tan
,Adj.
Of or pertaining to Laputa, an imaginary flying island described in Gulliver’s Travels as the home of chimerical philosophers.
Hence,
fanciful; preposterous; absurd in science or philosophy.
“Laputan ideas.” G. Eliot.
Definition 2024
Laputan
Laputan
English
Adjective
Laputan (comparative more Laputan, superlative most Laputan)
- fanciful; preposterous; absurd in science or philosophy
- George Eliot
- He could not, they observed, want all his various knowledge and Laputan ideas for his periodical writing which brought him most of his bread […]
- George Eliot
Noun
Laputan (plural Laputans)
- A native or inhabitant of the fictional island of Laputa.
See also
- Lagadan