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Meaning of 'laputan' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Laputan [ a.]
- 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.

Meaning of 'laputan' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . laputan [ s]
Meaning (1):
- not practical or realizable; speculative
Example in sentence:
  • airy theories about socioeconomic improvement;
  • visionary schemes for getting rich

Nearby Words:

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