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jabberwocky
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jab·ber·wock·y  (jbr-wk)
n.
Nonsensical speech or writing.
[After "Jabberwocky," a nonsense poem by Lewis Carroll.]
jabberwocky [ˈdʒæbəˌwɒkɪ]
n pl -wockies
nonsense verse
[coined by Lewis Carroll as the title of a poem in Through the Looking Glass (1871)]
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Noun1.jabberwocky - nonsensical language (according to Lewis Carroll)
hokum, meaninglessness, nonsense, nonsensicality, bunk - a message that seems to convey no meaning
Translations
jabberwocky
n (inf: = nonsense) → Nonsens m, → Kauderwelsch nt
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