laputan Meaning, Definition & Usage
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adjective relating to or characteristic of the imaginary country of Laputa or its people
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adjective satellite not practical or realizable; speculative
airy; windy; visionary; impractical.
- airy theories about socioeconomic improvement
- visionary schemes for getting rich
WordNet
La*pu"tan adjective
Definitions
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.
