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What does uffish mean from jabberwocky?
In "Jabberwocky," the word "uffish" is used to describe the demeanor or expression of the character. It suggests a sense of irritability, impatience, or grumpiness.
What does 'uffish' mean in Jabberwocky?
Lewis Carroll offered a definiton for 'uffish thought' in a letter he wrote in 1877:"I did make an explanations once for 'uffish thought'! It seemed to suggest a state of mind when the voice is gruffish, the manner roughish, and the temper huffish."
What part of speech is uffsih?
Uffish doesn't exist - in my dictionary
What part of speech is the word uffish?
In the phrase it most famously appears in (and as in uffish thought he stood) it appears to be an adjective. Carroll explains it as "a state of mind in which the voice is gruffish, the manner roughish, and the temper huffish," which suggests that it means something along the lines of "grumpy" ... which is usually an adjective itself (it can also be capitalized and used as a proper noun, as can Happy, Sleepy, Sneezy, and Dopey).
What could tulgey mean?
When Lewis Carrol wrote Jabberwocky, he employed a number of words which he made up himself. Some of these were what he called "portmanteau words" which contain parts of two words and combine their meanings. In Jabberwocky the verse in question goes And as in uffish thought he stood The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame Came whiffling through the tulgey wood And burbled as it came. "Tulgey" might be a portmanteau of turgid and bulgy. Or it might be just nonsense.
Who was king Henry and what did he do?
he was a mean person who lived with mean people in a mean castle on a mean hill in a mean country in a mean continent in a mean world in a mean solar system in a mean galaxy in a mean universe in a mean dimension
What does (.)(.) mean?
you mean what you mean
What does mean mean in statistics?
Mean is the average.
What does descriptor mean?
It mean what you don't what does it mean.
How do you spell mean?
Mean
Is an arithmetic mean a weighted mean or a weighted mean an arithmetic mean?
The arithmetic mean is a weighted mean where each observation is given the same weight.
What does the 12 Chinese zodiac animals meant?
rat mean intense. ox mean calm , born tiger mean powerful rabbit mean good friend dragon mean strong snake mean prudent horse mean popular goat mean shy monkey mean inventor rooster mean organized dog mean intelligent pig mean honest that are what the 12 chinese zodiac animals mean
