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Definition of Mimsy
1. Adjective. (nonce) A nonce word in (w Lewis Carroll)'s ''(w Jabberwocky)'' combining the senses of "flimsy" and "miserable". ¹
2. Noun. (vulgar slang) The vagina. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mimsy
1. prim [adj MIMSIER, MIMSIEST] - See also: prim
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mimsy
Literary usage of Mimsy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. From Behemoth to Microship by Steven K. Roberts (2000)
"In addition to presenting all this in a single smooth environment, mimsy busies
itself with collecting both internal and environmental data and sending ..."
2. Parodies of the Works of English & American Authors by Walter Hamilton (1887)
"Come to my arias, my beamish boy ! О frabjous day ! Callooh ! Callay ! He chortled
in his joy. Did gyre and gimble in the wabe ; All mimsy were the ..."
3. The Library of Wit and Humor, Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Literature by Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Rufus Edmonds Shapley (1884)
"JABBERWOCKY. (From Alice's Adventures ¡n Wonderland.) 'Twas brillig, anii the
slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe ; All mimsy were the borogoves, ..."
4. Writing for the Magazines by Joseph Berg Esenwein (1918)
"JABBERWOCKY By Lewis Carroll Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and
gimble in the wabe; All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe. ..."
5. The New Sporting Magazine (1833)
"Bullet, beat Mr. Best's bk. bp mimsy Nimrod beat Bullet, and won the Stakes ...
mimsy, beat Mr. S. Fox's fd Memnon Mr. Swann's w. and br. b. ..."
6. On Blendings of Synonymous Or Cognate Expressions in English: A Contribution by Gustaf Adolf Bergström (1906)
"there's another 'portmanteau' for you», says HD Punch, -"',10 1894, 204": Queen
Caroline was a mimsy, out-moded woman etc. i) galumph. Even without H. ! ..."
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