'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves did gyre and gimble in the wabe; All mimsy were the borogoves, and the mome raths outgrabe.
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Mimsy
//ˈmɪmzi//
Synonyms for "mimsy"
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Translations
2 translations across 2 languages.
French
1 entries- enmîmé adj (flimsy and miserable)
Spanish
1 entries- misendeble adj (flimsy and miserable)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
’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.
Source: wiktionary
Down he sank in a chair—ran his hands through his hair— / And chanted in mimsiest tones
Source: wiktionary
It seems plastic surgery for men is catching up in the lunacy stakes with the world of female plastic surgery, a place where you can fly to LA and get the shape of your vagina changed: what constitutes an appealingly shaped mimsy is something else to be filed under "unanswered questions", next to the one about who wants a huge pair of balls.
Source: wiktionary
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