toven.

/təʊv/

Origin: An arbitrary formation.

Etymology: An arbitrary formation.

A factitious word introduced by ‘Lewis Carroll’ (see quot. 1855¹). Quot. 1855² also occurs in the first verse of ‘Jabberwocky’ in Through the Looking-Glass (1871) i. 21.

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shmoo1948

Womble1968

1855 ‘L. Carroll’ Rectory Umbrella & Mischmasch (1932) 142 Tove, a species of Badger. They had smooth white hair, long hind legs, and short horns like a stag: lived chiefly on cheese.

1855 ‘L. Carroll’ Rectory Umbrella & Mischmasch (1932) 139 Twas bryllyg and the slythy [1871: slithy] toves Did gyre and gymble in the wabe.

1928 A. S. Eddington Nature Physical World xiii. 291 Eight slithy toves gyre and gimble in the oxygen wabe; seven in nitrogen.

1937 G. Frankau More of Us 2 While the free-versifier gyres and gimbles The slithy tove—with his own ‘private symbols’.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	tove
释义	toven. /təʊv/ Origin: An arbitrary formation. Etymology: An arbitrary formation. A factitious word introduced by ‘Lewis Carroll’ (see quot. 1855¹). Quot. 1855² also occurs in the first verse of ‘Jabberwocky’ in Through the Looking-Glass (1871) i. 21. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > fiction > [noun] > specific fictional animal splacknuck1726 tove1855 boojum1876 snark1879 pushmi-pullyu1922 warg1937 shmoo1948 Womble1968 1855 ‘L. Carroll’ Rectory Umbrella & Mischmasch (1932) 142 Tove, a species of Badger. They had smooth white hair, long hind legs, and short horns like a stag: lived chiefly on cheese. 1855 ‘L. Carroll’ Rectory Umbrella & Mischmasch (1932) 139 Twas bryllyg and the slythy [1871: slithy] toves Did gyre and gymble in the wabe. 1928 A. S. Eddington Nature Physical World xiii. 291 Eight slithy toves gyre and gimble in the oxygen wabe; seven in nitrogen. 1937 G. Frankau More of Us 2 While the free-versifier gyres and gimbles The slithy tove—with his own ‘private symbols’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1855
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