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Mimsy is a nonce word meaning it's used to meet a need that's not expected to recur.
It comes from Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky and combines "flimsy" and "miserable"
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What part of speech is mimsy?
The word 'mimsy' is a word invented by author Lewis Carroll first appearing in his poem "Jabberwocky". Although it has been used by other authors since, there is no clear idea exactly what a 'mimsy' may be. Carroll used the word as a common noun "All mimsy were...", subject of the sentence.Example sentence: It is up to a writer's imagination what a mimsy is.
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What part of speech is mimsy?
The word 'mimsy' is a word invented by author Lewis Carroll first appearing in his poem "Jabberwocky". Although it has been used by other authors since, there is no clear idea exactly what a 'mimsy' may be. Carroll used the word as a common noun "All mimsy were...", subject of the sentence.Example sentence: It is up to a writer's imagination what a mimsy is.
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