• (a.) 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. Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/laputan/
La·pu'tan adjective 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. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/L/14