Definition of

Jabberwocky

  1. (noun, communication) nonsensical language (according to Lewis Carroll)

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Alternate forms of Jabberwocky

Hypernyms: bunk, hokum, meaninglessness, nonsense, nonsensicality

Origin of the word Jabberwocky

  1. 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. more

via Online Etymology Dictionary, ©2001 Douglas Harper

Words that sound like Jabberwocky

jaspers, jeffers, josip broz

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