brillig

brillig
noun /ˈbɹɪ.lɪɡ/
A nonce word in s , explained by Humpty Dumpty as "four oclock in the afternoon — the time when you begin broiling things for dinner."

Twas brillig, and the slithy toves / Did gyre and gimble in the wabe — Lewis Carroll, Jabberwocky.


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