mimsy
Britishadjective
Etymology
Origin of mimsy
C19: a blend of miserable and flimsy , coined by Lewis Carroll
Example Sentences
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Jack and Alice and other juvenilia Charlotte Brontë did not like Jane Austen because she thought she was mimsy, with a fenced-in imagination.
From The Guardian • Jul. 15, 2017
For those of a delicate constitution, stick with the rustic cafes and mimsy cupcake shops outside which various characters had "moments" with each other because they couldn't afford to go inside.
From The Guardian • Jan. 13, 2013
Result is that while many a critic thinks that all three Sitwells are as mimsy as borogoves, with a highly refined flair for publicity, few critics think it out loud.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was not the Jumblies setting to sea in a sieve, nor was it the mimsy borogoves.
From Time Magazine Archive
Jabberwocky ’Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe; All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.
From Alice in Wonderland A Dramatization of Lewis Carroll's "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking Glass" by Gerstenberg, Alice
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