单词 | frabjous |
释义 | frabjousadj. A nonsense-word invented by ‘Lewis Carroll’ (C. L. Dodgson), apparently intended to suggest ‘fair’ and ‘joyous’; used vaguely by others in various contextual senses. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > [adjective] > fair and joyous frabjous1871 1871 ‘L. Carroll’ Through Looking-glass i. 24 O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay! 1899 R. Kipling Stalky & Co. 144 Oh, you frabjous asses! 1937 D. L. Sayers Busman's Honeymoon iv. 96 Oh, frabjous day!.. All my life I have waited to hear those exquisite words, Peter darling, The sweep's come. 1970 New Yorker 10 Jan. 6/1 A frabjous sort of place in a somewhat vorpal neighborhood. Derivatives ˈfrabjously adv. ΚΠ 1899 R. Kipling Stalky & Co. 244 You're a dirty little schoolboy. Besides bein' frabjously immoral. 1935 ‘D. Smith’ in Famous Plays 1935–6 171 I'm frabjously late. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < |
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