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Laputan

//ləˈpjuːtən// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 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."

Adjective
  1. 1
    not practical or realizable; speculative wordnet
  2. 2
    relating to or characteristic of the imaginary country of Laputa or its people wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A native or inhabitant of the fictional island of Laputa.

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

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