jabberwocky

UK: /ˈdʒæbəˌwɒkɪ/ US: ( jab′ər wok′ē)

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jabberwocky / ˈdʒæbəˌwɒkɪ/ noun ( -wockies)

1. nonsense verse

Etymology: 19th Century: coined by Lewis Carroll as the title of a poem in Through the Looking Glass (1871)

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

Jab•ber•wock•y  ( jab′ər wok′ē), n., pl. -wock•ies, adj. 
n. 

1. a playful imitation of language consisting of invented, meaningless words; nonsense;
   gibberish.
2. an example of writing or speech consisting of or containing meaningless words.

adj. 

3. consisting of or comparable to Jabberwocky;
   meaningless;
   senseless.

Also, Jab•ber•wock  ( jab′ər wok′). 

• coined by Lewis Carroll in Jabberwocky, poem in Through the Looking Glass (1871)