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Meaning of brillig | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

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."

uncountable

Equivalents

Deutsch brillig
Français brilgue
Português briluz

Examples

“'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves / Did gyre and gimble in the wabe”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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