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Mimsy means (nonce word) A nonce word in Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky.
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/ˈmɪmzi/ · adjective
(nonce word) A nonce word in Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky.
’Twas brillig, and the slithy toves / Did gyre and gimble in the wade^([sic – meaning wabe]); / All mimsy were the borogoves, / And the mome raths outgrabe.
Down he sank in a chair—ran his hands through his hair— / And chanted in mimsiest tones
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Mimsy means (nonce word) A nonce word in Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky.
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’Twas brillig, and the slithy toves / Did gyre and gimble in the wade^([sic – meaning wabe]); / All mimsy were the borogoves, / And the mome raths outgrabe.
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