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Coined by British author and scholar Lewis Carroll in the poem Jabberwocky to describe a sword, likely modeled after warp and vortex + -al.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Today it means: Sharp or deadly. Full definition →
Today it means: Sharp or deadly. Full definition →
Coined by British author and scholar Lewis Carroll in the poem Jabberwocky to describe a sword, likely modeled after warp and vortex + -al.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.