Antonyms for jabberwocky


Grammar : Noun
Spell : jab-er-wok-ee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdʒæb ərˌwɒk i


Definition of jabberwocky

Origin :
  • 1872, nonsense word (perhaps based on jabber) coined by Lewis Carroll, for the poem of the same name, which he published in "Through the Looking-Glass." The poem is about a fabulous beast called the Jabberwock.
  • noun babble
  • noun gibberish
Example sentences :
  • I heard somebody say "Sh," but she started in her toothless Jabberwocky.
  • Extract from : « The Red Rugs of Tarsus » by Helen Davenport Gibbons
  • A setting of Lewis Carroll's immortal "Jabberwocky" shows much rich humor of the college glee-club sort.
  • Extract from : « Contemporary American Composers » by Rupert Hughes
  • After that some Indians came on the scene of action, fierce red men of the forest, and their language was decidedly Jabberwocky.
  • Extract from : « A Little Girl in Old New York » by Amanda Millie Douglas

Synonyms for jabberwocky

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