Etymology: title of a poem in Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking-Glass (1871)
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Jabberwocky [Jabberwocky]
a famous nonsense poem by Lewis Carroll which first appeared in his book ↑Through the Looking Glass (1872). It describes the ↑hunt for a ↑monster called the Jabberwock, using humorous invented words. Some of these words, including ‘chortle’ and ‘galumph’ are now part of the English language.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.