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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
A nonce word in Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky, explained by Humpty Dumpty as "four o'clock in the afternoon — the time when you begin broiling things for dinner.".
'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves / Did gyre and gimble in the wabe
Use brillig when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Brillig means A nonce word in Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky, explained by Humpty Dumpty as "four o'clock in the afternoon — the time when you begin broiling things for dinner.".
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves / Did gyre and gimble in the wabe
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