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   frabjous

   /ˈfrabdʒəs/

   adjective

   • 1. delightful; joyous: humorous "‘Oh frabjous day!’ she giggled"

   Word Origin 1871: coined by Lewis Carroll in Through the Looking Glass, apparently to suggest fair and joyous.

   Derivatives

   • 1. frabjously adverb

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   What does Frabjous mean?

   • , Informal. wonderful, elegant, superb, or delicious. Then we sat down and prepared to enjoy ourselves something frabjous. And think, what a frabjous time you can have during your vacations! He was happy, and Luba was happy, and everything was going to be perfectly frabjous. Frabjous definition: wonderful, elegant, superb, or delicious..

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   When was Frabjous first used?

   • The earliest known use of the adjective frabjous is in the 1870s. OED's earliest evidence for frabjous is from 1871, in the writing of ‘Lewis Carroll’, author, mathematician, and photographer (real name Charles Lutwidge Dodgson). An arbitrary formation.

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   What does 'Frabjous Day' mean in 'Jabberwocky'?

   • In Tim Burton's 2010 movie, the Frabjous Day is the day that the fearsome Jabberwocky will be slain. The word 'frabjous' itself is a conglomeration of 'fair', 'fabulous', and 'joyous'. 'Callooh! Callay!' is exclamation of joy from the character.

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   Is learning to cycle a fraught or Frabjous Day?

   • Learning to cycle is a fraught but frabjous day when you faintly realise that you are now on your own forever. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

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   Frabjous is an informal adjective meaning splendid, joyous, or wonderful, coined by Lewis Carroll in Through the Looking-Glass. Learn how to pronounce it, see sentences with frabjous, and compare it with fabulous and joyous.

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   Frabjous is an informal adjective meaning wonderful, elegant, superb, or delicious. It was coined by Lewis Carroll in Through the Looking-Glass and perhaps meant to suggest fabulous or joyous.

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   Frabjous is an adjective that means wonderful or extraordinary, perhaps an alteration of fabulous. It is only in the Merriam-Webster Unabridged Dictionary, which offers more definitions, etymologies, and usage notes.

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   Aug 5, 2024 · frabjous is a nonce word from Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky, a blend of fair, fabulous, and joyous. It means fabulous, joyous, or wonderful, and has synonyms and translations in English.

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   The earliest known use of the adjective frabjous is in the 1870s. OED's earliest evidence for frabjous is from 1871, in the writing of ‘Lewis Carroll’, author, mathematician, and photographer (real name Charles Lutwidge Dodgson). An arbitrary formation. See etymology.

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   Define frabjous. frabjous synonyms, frabjous pronunciation, frabjous translation, English dictionary definition of frabjous. adj splendid; joyous Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006,...

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   MEANING: adjective: Wonderful; delightful. ETYMOLOGY: Coined by Lewis Carroll in his 1871 novel Through the Looking-Glass. A blend of fair, fabulous, and joyous. See the text of the poem Jabberwocky. USAGE: “In a happy development for couch potatoes everywhere, Netflix last week announced a partnership with Epix entertainment channel.