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jabberwocky

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11 lettersPronunciation /ˈd͡ʒæbɚwɔki/Part of speech nounSorted abbcejkorwyStarts with JEnds with Y0 clues
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Definitions

  1. nonsensical language (according to Lewis Carroll)

Word origin

The name of a nonsense poem from the children's book Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There (1872) by Lewis Carroll. Apparently based on the Jabberwock, the monster described therein, with the suffix -y in imitation of classical epics such as the Odyssey.

Used in a sentence

  • "I like the way your mind works, Hosler," Stanley said. "You go after concrete proof of your contentions - none of this scientific jabborwocky."
  • Only the Pet Shop Boys can sing jabberwocky lines like “I thought I heard a train/Down in the cemetery/Cellophane” and make them sound sexy and evil.

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