English Dictionary

brillig

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."

The brillig was a made-up word in Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky.

意味（1）

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."

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