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JABBERWOCKY

Dictionary entry overview: What does jabberwocky mean?

• JABBERWOCKY (noun)
The noun JABBERWOCKY has 1 sense:

1. nonsensical language (according to Lewis Carroll)

Familiarity information: JABBERWOCKY used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• JABBERWOCKY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Nonsensical language (according to Lewis Carroll)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("jabberwocky" is a kind of...):

bunk; hokum; meaninglessness; nonsense; nonsensicality (a message that seems to convey no meaning)

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