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"laputan" Definition

  1. 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.

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Position in dictionary: 56048 of 111710 words.
Word Type: a.,
Words that start with "laputan": 1
Words that end with "laputan": 1
Words that contain "laputan": 1
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English Dictionary Definition of laputan

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