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Laputan en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ləˈpjuːtən/

Etymology

From Laputa + -an, after Laputa, an imaginary flying island described in Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels (1726).

Meanings

1. Fanciful; preposterous; absurd in philosophy or science.
   • He could not, they observed, want all his various knowledge and Laputan ideas for his periodical writing which brought him most of his bread, and he would do well to use his talents in getting a speciality that would fit him for a post. [1879], George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], “[Impressions of Theophrastus Such.] How We Encourage Research.”, in Impressions of Theophrastus Such, Essays and Leaves from a Note-book, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC, page 33:

Forms

wikipedia: Jonathan Swift · wikipedia: Laputa · wikipedia: Gulliver's Travels

Laputan en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ləˈpjuːtən/

Etymology

From Laputa + -an, after Laputa, an imaginary flying island described in Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels (1726).

Meanings

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

Forms

Relateds

Lagadan

wikipedia: Jonathan Swift · wikipedia: Laputa · wikipedia: Gulliver's Travels