JABBERWOCKY

jabberwocky

(noun) nonsensical language (according to Lewis Carroll)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

The name of a poem from the nonsensical children's literature Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There (1872) by Lewis Carroll.

Proper noun

Jabberwocky

A nonsensical poem that appears in Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll.

Etymology

From Jabberwocky, a nonsense poem written by Lewis Carroll.

Noun

jabberwocky (usually uncountable, plural jabberwockies)

invented or meaningless language; nonsense

Adjective

jabberwocky (comparative more jabberwocky, superlative most jabberwocky)

meaningless, worthless

absurd, nonsense, nonsensical

Source: Wiktionary



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