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What part of speech is slithy?
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.
What does 'slithy ' mean in Jabberwocky?
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Is 'slithy' a noun?
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'.
What does slithy mean?
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.
What is a portmanteau word?
A type of epithetic compound invented by Lewis Carroll in which parts of two descriptive words are combined into a single word. One famous example is slithy, which is lithe and slimy.
Where did they gyre and gimble?
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.
What does 'slithy toves' mean in Jabberwocky?
When he wrote the first verse of Jabberwocky, Lewis Carroll defined 'slithy' in this way:SLYTHY: (compounded of 'slimy' and 'lithe'). "smooth and active"This definition is supported by what Humpty Dumpty tells Alice about the word:`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.'Carroll originally defined 'toves' in this way:TOVE: a species of Badger. They had smooth white hair, long hind legs, and short horns like a stag. lived chiefly on cheese.This is slightly different from Humpty Dumpty's understanding of the word:`Well, "toves" are something like badgers -- they're something like lizards -- and they're something like corkscrews.'`They must be very curious looking creatures.'`They are that,' said Humpty Dumpty: `also they make their nests under sun-dials -- also they live on cheese.'
What are the portmanteaus in Jabberwocky?
The only words in Jabberwocky which Lewis Carroll described as portmanteaux are 'lithe' and 'mimsy'.`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.'....Well, then, "mimsy" is "flimsy and miserable" (there's another portmanteau for you).
Which character sings twas brillig?
In the Disney animated movie, Alice in Wonderland, the Cheshire Cat sang a shortened version of Lewis Carroll's poem, Jaberwocky.Twas brillig and the slithy tovesDid gyre and gimble in the wabeAll mimsy were the borogovesAnd the momraths outgrabe
What does twas brillig and the slithy toves mean?
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What poem did the Cheshire cat from Alice in Wonderland sing?
The Cheshire Cat in "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" doesn't sing a poem, but rather recites a verse. It says, "Twas brillig, and the slithy toves / Did gyre and gimble in the wabe." The lines are from the poem "Jabberwocky" by Lewis Carroll.
What part of speech is the word borogoves?
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.
