tulgey
UK/ˈtʌl.d͡ʒi/
tulgey adjective: thick, dense, dark (originally in reference to a wood).
Adjective
tulgey (not comparable)
- Thick, dense, dark (originally in reference to a wood).
- The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame, / Came whiffling through the tulgey wood1871, Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking-glass, "Jabberwocky"
- I battled for a while with Professor Aschloch's tulgey prose – only German poets have ever written lucid German prose – then closed my eyes, wondering bitterly which of my enemies the nice American worked for.1973, Kyril Bonfiglioli, Don't Point That Thing at Me, Penguin 2001, page 69
tulgey meaning in Bengali
tulgey in Bengali
- ঘন, নিবিড়, অন্ধকার
Origin of tulgey
Coined by British author and scholar Lewis Carroll around 1870 for the Jabberwock poem.
Questions about tulgey
- What does tulgey mean?
- Tulgey means thick, dense, dark (originally in reference to a wood).
- What is tulgey in Bengali?
- Tulgey in Bengali is ঘন, নিবিড়, অন্ধকার. See Tulgey meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is tulgey?
- Tulgey is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce tulgey?
- Tulgey is pronounced /ˈtʌl.d͡ʒi/ (UK).
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