English Explanatory Dictionary

borogove

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An animal introduced in the nonsense poem Jabberwocky. According to Humpty Dumpty, a borogove is "a thin shabby-looking bird with its feathers sticking out all round, something like a live mop." According to Mischmasch, it is "an extinct kind of parrot. They had no wings, beaks turned up, and made their nests under sun-dials: lived on veal."

Pronunciation

/ˈbɒɹə(ʊ)ɡəʊv/

Word forms

borogove borogoves borogrove

Etymology

Coined by British author and scholar Lewis Carroll in 1855.

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