Laputan
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Laputan
- /ləˈpjuːtən/
Where it comes from
From Laputa + -an, after Laputa, an imaginary flying island described in Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels (1726).
adjective more Laputan · most Laputan
- 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.
noun Laputans
- A native or inhabitant of the fictional island of Laputa.
