Mimsy
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈmɪmzi/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Mimsy is an adjective meaning (nonce word) A nonce word in Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky.
Meaning
(nonce word) A nonce word in Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky.
More Meanings
- (vulgar, slang) The vagina.
Example Sentences
Down he sank in a chair—ran his hands through his hair— / And chanted in mimsiest tones
’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.
It seems plastic surgery for men is catching up in the lunacy stakes with the world of female plastic surgery, a place where you can fly to LA and get the shape of your vagina changed: what constitutes an appealingly shaped mimsy is something else to be filed under "unanswered questions", next to the one about who wants a huge pair of balls.
Word Forms
- mimsier
- mimsiest
- mimzy
- mimsies
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include jabberwocky, noncy, nibsome, nut-cut, snipy, nitty.
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