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单词 mimsy
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Example sentences from the Web for mimsy

  • Queen Caroline was a mimsy, out-moded woman, a sly serio, who gadded hither and thither shrieking for the unbecoming.

    Punch, Or the London Charivari, Volume 107, October 27th, 1894|Various
  • You might as well say mimsy bomtittle plays, you'd be saying as much.

    Touch and Go|D. H. Lawrence

mimsy

/ (ˈmɪmzɪ) /

adjective -sier or -siest

prim, underwhelming, and ineffectual

Word Origin for mimsy

C19: a blend of miserable and flimsy, coined by Lewis Carroll

Words nearby mimsy

MIMO, mimosa, mimosaceous, mimosis, Mims, mimsy, mimulus, MIMunE, min, mina, minable
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