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Jabberwocky
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jabberwocky
English
Etymology
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.
Proper noun
A nonsensical poem that appears in Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll.
Derived terms
en Jabberwockian, en jabberwockyish
en jabberwocky
Related terms
en Jabberwock
Translations
poem
Dutch: nl Wauwelwok
Finnish: fi Pekoraali, fi Monkerias
French: fr Jaseroque m
German: de Jammerwoch m
Irish: ga An Gheabairleog f
Japanese: ja ジャバウォッキー じゃばうぉっき, Jabau~okkī
Russian: ru Бармагло́т m term created by the translator
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