Jabberwocky
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
Jabberwocky
- A nonsensical poem that appears in Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll.
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