 | 1888 - 668 Seiten
...was in everybody's mouth, this question would not have been aaked. See 'Through the Looking- Glass,' p. 126: "Slithy means lithe and slimy — you see...words see ' The Hunting of the Snark,' preface, px CFS WARREN, MA Foleshill Hall, Coventry. [Many contributors are thanked for replies to the same effect.]... | |
 | 1906 - 562 Seiten
...DtJMPTY in his exegesis of "Jabberwocky:> says : "Well, 'slithy' means 'lithe and slimy' You see, it's like a portmanteau— there are two meanings packed up into one word" ; and later: "Well, then, 'ruirasy' is 'flimsy and miserable1 (there's another portmanteau for you)." Unhappily,... | |
 | Lewis Carroll - 1893 - 252 Seiten
...: " and 'tlithy'?" " Well ' slithy ' means ' lithe and slimy.' ' Lithe ' is the same as ' active.' You see it 's like a portmanteau — there are two meanings packed up into one word." " I see it now," Alice remarked thoughtfully : "and what are ' toves ' ? " " Well, ' toves ' are something... | |
 | Lewis Carroll - 1897 - 252 Seiten
...slithy'?" "Well, ' slithy' means 'lithe and slimy. ' Lithe * is the same as ' active.' You see it's like a portmanteau— there are two meanings packed up into one word." " I see it now," Alice remarked thoughtfully : "and what are 'toves'?" " Well, ' toves' are something... | |
 | Lewis Carroll - 1897 - 232 Seiten
...•stithy'? " "Well, 'slithy' means 'lithe and slimy. ' Lithe ' is the same as ' active.' You see it's like a portmanteau — there are two meanings packed up into one word." " I see it now," Alice remarked thoughtfully : " and what are ' toves '?" " Well, ' toves ' are something... | |
 | 1900 - 358 Seiten
...Humpty Dumpty explain to Alice the meaning of what he calls a " portmanteau" word. It is, he says, " like a portmanteau ; there are two meanings packed up into one word." In the literature of surgery we are constantly coming across what similarly I may call " portmanteau"... | |
 | 1900 - 358 Seiten
...Humpty Dumpty explain to Alice the meaning of what he calls a " portmanteau" word. It is, he says, " like a portmanteau ; there are two meanings packed up into one word." In the literature of surgery we are constantly coming across what similarly I may call " portmanteau"... | |
 | Frederick Brigham De Berard - 1902 - 422 Seiten
..."and 'slithy?'" "Well, 'slithy' means lithe and slimy. 'Lithe' is the same as 'active.' You see it's like a portmanteau— there are two meanings packed up into one word." "I see it now," Alice remarked, thoughtfully; "and what are 'toves'?" "Well, 'toves' are something... | |
 | Frederick Brigham De Berard - 1905 - 330 Seiten
..."and 'slithy?'" "Well, 'slithy' means lithe and slimy. 'Lithe' is the same as 'active.' You see it's like a portmanteau — there are two meanings packed up into one word." "I see it now," Alice remarked, thoughtfully; "and what are 'toves' ?" "Well, 'toves' are something... | |
 | 1906 - 562 Seiten
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slithy' means 'lithe and slimy.' 'Lithe' is the same as 'active.' You see it's like a portmanteau— there are two meanings packed up into one word. 
