English

Adjective

mimsy ‎(comparative mimsier, superlative mimsiest)

1. (nonce word) A nonce word in Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky combining the senses of "flimsy" and "miserable".
   • All mimsy were the borogoves — Lewis Carroll, Jabberwocky
   • Down he sank in a chair—ran his hands through his hair—/And chanted in mimsiest tones — Lewis Carroll, The Hunting of the Snark

Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

mimsy ‎(plural mimsies)

1. (vulgar, slang) The ****.
   • 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 **** 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. — Alexis Petridis (2008-08-30), “Nut Jobs?”, in (Please provide the title of the work), The Guardian, retrieved 2008-10-08

See also

• Jabberwocky on Wikipedia.Wikipedia