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mimsiest

mimsiest is the superlative form of mimsy.

Meaning of mimsy

Adjective

mimsy (comparative mimsier, superlative mimsiest)

  1. (nonce-word) A nonce word in Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky
    • ’Twas brillig, and the slithy toves / Did gyre and gimble in the wade^([sic – meaning wabe]); / All mimsy were the borogoves, / And the mome raths outgrabe.1871, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, “I. Looking-Glass House”, in Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There

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Questions about mimsiest

What is mimsiest the superlative form of?
Mimsiest is the superlative form of mimsy.

Words near mimsiest in the dictionary

  1. Mimram
  2. mims
  3. Mimses
  4. mimsier
  5. mimsies
  6. mimsiest
  7. mimsy
  8. mimulus
  9. mimuluses
  10. Mimwheeten
  11. mimzy

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