English Explanatory Dictionary

Jabberwocky

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A nonsensical poem that appears in Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll.
noun
  1. Invented or meaningless language; nonsense.
adj
  1. meaningless, worthless
  2. absurd, nonsense, nonsensical

Pronunciation

/ˈd͡ʒæbɚwɔki/ /ˈd͡ʒæbɚwɑki/ [ˈd͡ʒæbɚwɑki] en-us-jabberwocky.ogg

Word forms

Jabberwocky jabberwockies jabborwocky more jabberwocky most jabberwocky

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.

Synonyms

flapdoodle jabber mumbo jumbo absurdity all my eye all my eye and Betty Martin applesauce bafflegab balderdash balls baloney banana oil Bandini baragouin batcrap batshit bilgewater blah blather blatherskite bobbins bollocks bosh BS bull bullcrap bulldust bull feathers bullshit bullspeak bunk bunkum bushwah clamjamfrey claptrap cobblers codswallop crap crock crock of shit double Dutch double talk doublespeak dribble drivel eyewash fiddle-faddle flim-flam flizz flummery folderol foolishness footle framis fuckery fuckry fudge galimatias Gallophone garbage

Related words

Jabberwock

Derived words

Jabberwockian jabberwockyish jabberwocky
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