Jabberwocky
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Jabberwocky¹
Where it comes from
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.
jabberwocky²
- /ˈd͡ʒæbɚwɔki/ US
- /ˈd͡ʒæbɚwɑki/ US
- [ˈd͡ʒæbɚwɑki] US
Where it comes from
From Jabberwocky, a nonsense poem written by Lewis Carroll.
noun jabberwockies · jabborwocky
- Invented or meaningless language; nonsense. "I like the way your mind works, Hosler," Stanley said. "You go after concrete proof of your contentions - none of this scientific jabborwocky."
adjective more jabberwocky · most jabberwocky · jabborwocky
- meaningless, worthless
- absurd, nonsense, nonsensical 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.
