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单词 manxome
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manxomeadj.

Brit. /ˈmaŋks(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈmæŋksəm/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: English mank- , -some suffix1.
Etymology: < mank- (of uncertain origin: compare later manky adj.2 for the apparent negative associations of /-aŋk-/) + -some suffix1.
poetic.
A nonsense word invented by Lewis Carroll to describe the Jabberwock (an imaginary monster in the poem ‘Jabberwocky’): (perhaps) fearsome, monstrous.
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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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