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Coined by British author and scholar Lewis Carroll around 1870 for the Jabberwock poem.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: Thick, dense, dark (originally in reference to a wood). Full definition →
Coined by British author and scholar Lewis Carroll around 1870 for the Jabberwock poem.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.