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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Examples 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.
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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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Word Origin and History for jabberwocky
Jabberwocky
1872, nonsense word (perhaps based on jabber) coined by Lewis Carroll, for the poem of the same name, which he published in "Through the Looking-Glass." The poem is about a fabulous beast called the Jabberwock.
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