In the poem Jabberwocky, the word 'slithy' is used as an adjective.
Twas brillig, and the slithy toves did gyre and gimble in the wabe 'Toves' are badger-like creatures and 'slithy' means 'lithe and slimy'.
"Portmanteau" is not eponymous; that is, it is not derived from someone's name. Lewis Carroll coined a special use of the word in Through the Looking Glass, And What Alice Found There. In that book, Humpty Dumpty explains the meaning of the poem "Jabberwocky" to Alice. When he gets to the word "slithy," he says, "Well, 'slithy' means 'lithe and slimy'. 'Lithe' is the same word as 'active'. You see, it's like a portmanteau -- there are two meanings packed into one word." Why did Carroll choose portmanteau for "packing two meanings into one word"? Because the original meaning of the word is "suitcase."
Proper noun
A proper noun is the name of a specific person, place, or thing; a proper noun is also any noun used as a name or a title. Examples:common noun: womanproper noun: Mariecommon noun: cityproper noun: Chicagocommon noun: building, appleproper noun: Empire State Building, The Big Applecommon abstract noun: treasureproper noun: Treasure Islandcommon abstract noun: loveproper noun: We Found Love (Rihanna)
"Park Avenue" is a proper noun, because it is a place. Proper nouns like this should always be capitalized.
"night" is a noun
Yes gimble is a noun ."Twas brillig, and the slithy toves. Did gyre and gimble in the wabe.
Slithy is an adjective. It describes the toves.`Twas brillig, and the slithy tovesDid gyre and gimble in the wabe:All mimsy were the borogoves,And the mome raths outgrabe.
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Too many of the words in the poem "Jabberwocky" are nonsense words made up by the author of the poem, Lewis Carroll (including the noun Jabberwocky). Since they are not real words, the nouns can only be deciphered by their function in the sentence. For example, in the lines, "Twas brillig, and the slithy toves, did gyre and gimble in the wabe", we can interpret "brilling" as a noun or an adjective (a subject complement), or even a verb. We can interpret "slithy" as an adjective describing the noun "toves"; "did gyre and gimble" as a compound verb; and "the wabe" as a noun object of the preposition "in". So many of the words in the poem are not real words, no one can say for sure exactly which words are nouns.
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Borogoves is a noun. It has the definite article 'the' before it.'Twas brillig, and the slithy tovesDid gyre and gimble in the wabe;All mimsy were the borogoves,And the mome raths outgrabe.
"Slithy" is a nonsensical adjective coined by Lewis Carroll in his poem "Jabberwocky." It is often interpreted to mean slimy and lithe, combining the characteristics of both worms and snakes. Lewis Carroll delighted in creating new words and language in his whimsical and fantastical works.
Many of the nouns in the poem "Jabberwocky" are nonsense words made up by the author of the poem, Lewis Carroll (including the noun Jabberwocky). Since they are not real words, the nouns can only be deciphered by their function in the sentence. For example, in the lines, "Twas brillig, and the slithy toves, did gyre and gimble in the wabe", we can interpret "brilling" as a noun or an adjective (a subject complement), or even a verb. We can interpret "slithy" as an adjective describing the noun "toves"; "did gyre and gimble" as a compound verb; and "the wabe" as a noun object of the preposition "in". So many of the words in the poem are not real words, no one can say for sure how many nouns there are or exactly which words are nouns.
Nothing. It's a made up nonsense word, as is most of Jabberwocky
Jabberwocky is a nonsense poem, most of what you read seems to make a story, but a large number of the words are not real. In the case of Slithy Toves, there is no such thing, but as you read the poem, they are clearly capable of gyring and gimbling. In my imagination they are toad like creatures moving in a swamp, but you could equally imagine flowers waving in the breeze. What they are is not important.
The word 'toves' is a word made up by author Lewis Carroll for his nonsense poem 'The Jabberwocky'.The word 'toves' is functioning in his poem as a noun, a word for some type of creature that he leaves to the readers imagination. He describes the creatures with a made up adjective 'the slithy toves'.
'Twas brillig, and the slithy tovesExplained by Humpty Dumpty to Alice;"Brillig" means four o'clock in the afternoon -- the time when you begin broiling things for dinner.'Well, "slithy" means "lithe and slimy." "Lithe" is the same as "active." You see it's like a portmanteau -- there are two meanings packed up into one word.'"toves" are something like badgers -- they're something like lizards -- and they're something like corkscrews.'