brillig
brillig
A nonce word in Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky, explained by Humpty Dumpty as "four…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."
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)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."
brillig
Translations
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Origin
Supposedly from bryl or broil.Supposedly from bryl or broil.
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Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable