Word info

mimsy

Speech parts

1. mimsy - Noun

2. mimsy - Adjective

Meaning


mimsy (comparative mimsier, superlative mimsiest)

(nonce word) A nonce word in Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky


mimsy (plural mimsies)

(vulgar, slang) The vagina.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe. Lewis Carroll

Prickett, Stephen (2005) Victorian Fantasy Baylor University Press p80 ISBN 1-932792-30-9 Lexicon "Jabberwocky" 'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe; All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe. Source: Internet

'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe; All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe. Source: Internet

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

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