# Laputan

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ləˈpjuːtən/

## Definitions
1. Fanciful; preposterous; absurd in philosophy or science.

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

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/laputan