Laputanadj.n.

Brit.

/ləˈpjuːtn/, U.S.

/ləˈpjutn/

Forms: In Swift Laputian.

Etymology: < Laputa, the flying island in Gulliver's Travels, whose inhabitants were addicted to visionary projects: see -an suffix, -ian suffix.

A. adj.

Of or pertaining to Laputa; hence, chimerical, visionary, absurd.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > fancy or fantastic notion > [adjective] > of fanciful nature

feigned1526

fantasticala1546

conceited1588

capricious1594

fanatical1598

vaporous1605

chimerical1638

chimeric1655

lymphatical1678

chimerian1682

wild goose1770

visionary1777

whimmy1785

whimming1787

Laputan1866

viewy1866

Alice1872

Alice-in-Wonderland1874

fantasied1882

Alician1898

blue-sky1920

pie in the sky1930

rocambolesque1935

1866 J. F. W. Herschel Familiar Lect. Sci. Subj. ii. 62 After all, Swift's idea of extracting sunbeams out of cucumbers, which he attributes to his Laputan philosophers, may not be so very absurd.

1870 O. W. Holmes Mechanism in Pages from Old Vol. (1891) 293 (note) It is curious to compare the Laputan idea of extracting sunbeams from cucumbers with George Stephenson's famous saying about coal.

B. n.

An inhabitant of Laputa.

ΚΠ

1726 J. Swift Gulliver II. iii ii. 15 (heading) The Humours and Dispositions of the Laputians described.

Derivatives

Laˈputically adv. after the fashion of the Laputans.Apparently an isolated use.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > fancy or fantastic notion > [adverb]

conceitedly1588

fancifully1664

Laputicallya1849

a1849 E. A. Poe R. H. Horne in Wks. (1864) III. 426 Occupied, Laputically, in their great work of a progress that never progresses.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	laputan
释义	Laputanadj.n. Brit. /ləˈpjuːtn/, U.S. /ləˈpjutn/ Forms: In Swift Laputian. Etymology: < Laputa, the flying island in Gulliver's Travels, whose inhabitants were addicted to visionary projects: see -an suffix, -ian suffix. A. adj. Of or pertaining to Laputa; hence, chimerical, visionary, absurd. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > fancy or fantastic notion > [adjective] > of fanciful nature feigned1526 fantasticala1546 conceited1588 capricious1594 fanatical1598 vaporous1605 chimerical1638 chimeric1655 lymphatical1678 chimerian1682 wild goose1770 visionary1777 whimmy1785 whimming1787 Laputan1866 viewy1866 Alice1872 Alice-in-Wonderland1874 fantasied1882 Alician1898 blue-sky1920 pie in the sky1930 rocambolesque1935 1866 J. F. W. Herschel Familiar Lect. Sci. Subj. ii. 62 After all, Swift's idea of extracting sunbeams out of cucumbers, which he attributes to his Laputan philosophers, may not be so very absurd. 1870 O. W. Holmes Mechanism in Pages from Old Vol. (1891) 293 (note) It is curious to compare the Laputan idea of extracting sunbeams from cucumbers with George Stephenson's famous saying about coal. B. n. An inhabitant of Laputa. ΚΠ 1726 J. Swift Gulliver II. iii ii. 15 (heading) The Humours and Dispositions of the Laputians described. Derivatives Laˈputically adv. after the fashion of the Laputans.Apparently an isolated use. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > fancy or fantastic notion > [adverb] conceitedly1588 fancifully1664 Laputicallya1849 a1849 E. A. Poe R. H. Horne in Wks. (1864) III. 426 Occupied, Laputically, in their great work of a progress that never progresses. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1726
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