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発音

• IPA^(key): /ləˈpjuːtən/

形容詞

Laputan (comparative more Laputan, superlative most Laputan)

1. Fanciful; preposterous; absurd in philosophy or science.
   • [1879], George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], “[Impressions of Theophrastus Such.] How We Encourage Research.”, in Impressions of Theophrastus Such, Essays and Leaves from a Note-book, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, OCLC 926839713, page 33:

     He could not, they observed, want all his various knowledge and Laputan ideas for his periodical writing which brought him most of his bread, and he would do well to use his talents in getting a speciality that would fit him for a post.