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laputan
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Laputan
(gcide) | Laputan \La*pu"tan\, 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. "Laputan ideas." --G. Eliot.
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laputan
(wn) | Laputan
adj 1: relating to or characteristic of the imaginary country of
Laputa or its people
2: not practical or realizable; speculative; "airy theories
about socioeconomic improvement"; "visionary schemes for
getting rich" [syn: airy, impractical, visionary,
Laputan, windy] |
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Laputan
(gcide) | Laputan \La*pu"tan\, 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. "Laputan ideas." --G. Eliot.
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