Brillig Definition

noun

A nonce word in Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky, explained by Humpty Dumpty as "four o'clock in the afternoon — the time when you begin broiling things for dinner."

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Origin of Brillig

  • Supposedly from bryl or broil.

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