"mimsy" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈmɪmzi/ Audio: En-au-mimsy.ogg [Australia] 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, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 99 1 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 99 1 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 99 1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈmɪmzi/ Audio: En-au-mimsy.ogg [Australia] 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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