"mimsy" meaning in All languages combined

See mimsy on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈmɪmzi/ Audio: En-au-mimsy.ogg Forms: mimsier [comparative], mimsiest [superlative]
Etymology: Blend of miserable + flimsy Etymology templates: {{blend|en|miserable|flimsy}} Blend of miserable + flimsy Head templates: {{en-adj|mimsier|sup2=mimsiest}} mimsy (comparative mimsier, superlative mimsiest)
  1. (nonce word) A nonce word in Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky Tags: nonce-word Categories (topical): Lewis Carroll Translations (flimsy and miserable): enmîmé (French), misendeble (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-mimsy-en-adj-7xQBOEFQ Disambiguation of Lewis Carroll: 99 1 Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 98 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 97 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 98 2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈmɪmzi/ Audio: En-au-mimsy.ogg Forms: mimsies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} mimsy (plural mimsies)
  1. (vulgar, slang) The vagina. Tags: slang, vulgar
    Sense id: en-mimsy-en-noun-DGJWVG4a
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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          "text": "’Twas brillig, and the slithy toves / Did gyre and gimble in the wade^([sic – meaning wabe]); / All mimsy were the borogoves, / And the mome raths outgrabe.",
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