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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)

  1. 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 []

Noun

Laputan (plural Laputans)

  1. A native or inhabitant of the fictional island of Laputa.

See also

  • Lagadan