noun
a land imagined by Jonathan Swift where impractical projects were pursued and practical projects neglected
• Derivationally related forms: ↑Laputan
• Hypernyms: ↑imaginary place, ↑mythical place, ↑fictitious place
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—Laputan, adj., n.
/leuh pyooh"teuh/, n.
an imaginary flying island in Swift's Gulliver's Travels, the inhabitants of which engaged in a variety of ridiculous projects and pseudoscientific experiments.
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Laputa /lä-pūˈtə/
noun
A flying island in Swift's Gulliver's Travels, inhabited by people who engage in ridiculous projects
Lapuˈtan or Lapuˈtian /-shən/ noun
An inhabitant of Laputa
adjective
1. Absurd
2. Chimerical
Useful english dictionary. 2012.