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tulgey, a.|ˈtʌldʒɪ|
Also (erron.) tulgy.
A factitious word introduced by ‘Lewis Carroll’ applied to a wood; (usu. interpreted as) thick, dense, and dark; also fig.
1871‘L. Carroll’ Through Looking-Glass i. 22 The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame, Came whiffling through the tulgey wood. 1936J. R. R. Tolkien in Proc. Brit. Acad. XXII. 250 The jabberwocks of historical and antiquarian research burble in the tulgy wood of conjecture, flitting from one tum-tum tree to another. 1949E. Taylor Wreath of Roses xiv. 216 You came out of that tulgy wood? 1972K. Bonfiglioli Don't point that Thing at Me viii. 71, I battled..with Professor Aschloch's tulgey prose—only German poets have ever written lucid German prose. 1976Times Lit. Suppl. 23 Jan. 71/5 A suitable backcloth to the dark, thick gothic forest of his own tulgey forebodings. 1982Ibid. 10 Dec. 1352/4 The tulgey wood of semiotics. |