"Brobdingnagian vision" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Etymology: Compound of Brobdingnagian + vision; ultimately from Brobdingnag, a fictional land of giants in Gulliver's Travels. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|Brobdingnagian|vision}} Brobdingnagian + vision Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} Brobdingnagian vision (uncountable)
  1. A hallucination or visual disorder in which objects appear larger or nearer than they are; macropsia. Wikipedia link: Gulliver's Travels Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Pathology, Vision
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