'Wabe' is pronounced as it is spelled - to rhyme with 'babe'.
It can be thought of as a contraction of 'way before', 'way beyond' and 'way behind'.
`And "the wabe" is the grass-plot round a sun-dial, I suppose?' said Alice, surprised at her own ingenuity.
`Of course it is. It's called "wabe," you know, because it goes a long way before it, and a long way behind it -- '
`And a long way beyond it on each side,' Alice added.
WABE was created in 1948.
The word 'wabe' is not a word in English.
Wabe is a noun. It is a made-up word used by Lewis Carroll in "Jabberwocky" as part of a nonsensical poem.
verb as in "gyre and gimble in the wabe"
a grass plot or sundial
wabe shebelle river
Lewis Carroll defined 'wabe' on two separate occasions, and gve two separate meanings.`And "the wabe" is the grass-plot round a sun-dial, I suppose?' said Alice`Of course it is. It's called "wabe," you know, because it goes a long way before it, and a long way behind it -- '`And a long way beyond it on each side,' Alice added.Lewis Carroll (1871)WABE: (derived from the verb to 'swab' or 'soak') "the side of a hill" (from its being soaked by the rain)Lewis Carroll (1855)This demonstrates that the meanings in the poem Jabberwocky are not absolute, but are open to interpretation.
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"Wabe" is a noun. It is a fictional term created by Lewis Carroll in his poem "The Hunting of the Snark," where it describes a kind of path or area. In the context of the poem, it contributes to the whimsical and nonsensical nature of Carroll's work.
In Lewis Carroll's poem "Jabberwocky," a "wabe" is not a defined word in the conventional sense. It is believed to be a nonsense word created by Carroll to evoke a feeling of whimsy and fantasy in the poem. Its exact meaning is left open to interpretation by the reader.
Yes gimble is a noun ."Twas brillig, and the slithy toves. Did gyre and gimble in the wabe.
In the wabe`Twas brillig, and the slithy tovesDid gyre and gimble in the wabe:All mimsy were the borogoves,And the mome raths outgrabe.