"Jabberwocky" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: 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. Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Jabberwocky
  1. A nonsensical poem that appears in Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll. Wikipedia link: Jabberwocky Categories (topical): Artistic works, British fiction, Fiction, Lewis Carroll Derived forms: Jabberwockian, jabberwocky Related terms: Jabberwock Translations (poem): Wauwelwok (Dutch), Pekoraali (Finnish), Monkerias (Finnish), Jaseroque [masculine] (French), Jammerwoch [masculine] (German), An Gheabairleog [feminine] (Irish), Бармагло́т (Barmaglót) (english: term created by the translator) [masculine] (Russian)

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