Jabberwocky

See also: jabberwocky

English

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.

Proper noun

Jabberwocky

1. A nonsensical poem that appears in Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll.

Derived terms

• Jabberwockian
• jabberwocky

Related terms

• Jabberwock

Translations

poem

• Dutch: Wauwelwok
• Finnish: Pekoraali, Monkerias
• French: Jaseroque m
• German: Jammerwoch m
• Irish: An Gheabairleog f
• Russian: Бармагло́т (ru) m (Barmaglót) (term created by the translator)