Jabberwock

Proper noun

Meaning

the Jabberwock

A fantastical dreaded monster with flaming eyes.

Examples

"Beware the Jabberwock, my son! Source: Internet

In this adaptation, the Jabberwock materialises into reality after Alice reads "Jabberwocky", and pursues her through the second half of the musical. Source: Internet

The illustration of the Jabberwock may reflect the contemporary Victorian obsession with natural history and the fast-evolving sciences of palaeontology and geology. Source: Internet

And as in uffish thought he stood, The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame, Came whiffling through the tulgey wood, And burbled as it came! Source: Internet

She translated "Barmaglot" for "Jabberwock", "Brandashmyg" for "Bandersnatch" while "myumsiki" ("мюмзики") echoes "mimsy". Source: Internet

The genius of these watercolor and ink illustrations is that they are cute and a little scary, with a biomechanical monster and old-fashioned Wanted posters warning the boy to Beware the Jabberwock. Source: Internet

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