单词 | manxome |
释义 | manxomeadj. poetic. A nonsense word invented by Lewis Carroll to describe the Jabberwock (an imaginary monster in the poem ‘Jabberwocky’): (perhaps) fearsome, monstrous. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > hybrid creature or monster > [adjective] monstruousc1425 monstrousa1475 manxome1871 1871 ‘L. Carroll’ Through Looking-glass i. 22 He took his vorpal sword in hand: Long time the manxome foe he sought. 2001 Re: More on Age Ranges in rec.arts.int-fiction (Usenet newsgroup) 30 Oct. In the text, we know that it has ‘jaws that bite, claws that catch’, that it's manxome (and a foe, I suppose, but that should be obvious), and that it crashes and burbles. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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