Jabberwocky
[ jab-er-wok-ee ]
/ ˈdʒæb ərˌwɒk i /
noun, plural Jab·ber·wock·ies.
a playful imitation of language consisting of invented, meaningless words; nonsense; gibberish.
an example of writing or speech consisting of or containing meaningless words.
adjective
consisting of or comparable to Jabberwocky; meaningless; senseless.
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Also Jab·ber·wock [jab-er-wok] /ˈdʒæb ərˌwɒk/.
Origin of Jabberwocky
coined by Lewis Carroll in Jabberwocky, poem in Through the Looking Glass (1871)
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Example sentences from the Web for jabberwocky
Lewis Carroll really did introduce the word “chortle” to the English language in his 1871 poem Jabberwocky.
A setting of Lewis Carroll's immortal "Jabberwocky" shows much rich humor of the college glee-club sort.
Contemporary American Composers|Rupert HughesI heard somebody say "Sh," but she started in her toothless Jabberwocky.
The Red Rugs of Tarsus|Helen Davenport Gibbons
British Dictionary definitions for jabberwocky
jabberwocky
/ (ˈdʒæbəˌwɒkɪ) /
noun plural -wockies
nonsense verse
Word Origin for jabberwocky
C19: coined by Lewis Carroll as the title of a poem in Through the Looking Glass (1871)
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