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Laputan.

Fanciful; preposterous; absurd in philosophy or science.

7 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ləˈpjuːtən/
  1. Fanciful; preposterous; absurd in philosophy or science.

Where this word comes from

From Laputa + -an, after Laputa, an imaginary flying island described in Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels (1726).

noun/ləˈpjuːtən/
  1. A native or inhabitant of the fictional island of Laputa.

Where this word comes from

From Laputa + -an, after Laputa, an imaginary flying island described in Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels (1726).

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