Carroll
Dodgson's pen name
Carroll is a surname of Irish origin, familiar from Lewis Carroll (author of *Alice in Wonderland*) and countless others.
As a given name, it was once used for both sexes but has faded.
The name appears in place names across the United States: Carroll County, Carrollton.
Invented meaningless language
- White QueenStrongest light piece
- Humpty DumptyFragile nursery rhyme figure
- CarpenterTrade-derived family name
- vorpalLethally keen-edged
mimsy · frabjous · brillig · chess · mirror · backwards · galumphing
Common female name
- Cheshire CatFading striped feline
- Queen of HeartsExecution-happy playing-card sovereign
- March HareProverbially deranged bunny
- CaterpillarConstruction equipment manufacturer
croquet · tea party · playing cards · rabbit hole · mushroom · hookah · flamingo · hedgehog
Common British surname
- mathematicianProfessional in abstract quantities
- logicianExpert in valid reasoning
- OxfordHistoric English university town
- photographerCamera-wielding image maker
deacon · clergyman · academic · writer · don · lecturer · stammerer · diarist
Word combining two others
- neologismNewly created expression
- wordplayVerbal wit techniques
- punWordplay using double meanings
- riddlePuzzling question to solve
paradox · illogic · absurdity · verse · doggerel · parody · acrostic · doublet
Of a prim era
- OxfordHistoric English university town
- EnglandLargest British country
- 19th centuryThe eighteen hundreds
- AnglicanChurch of England member
photography · children's literature · British · monarchy · Empire · academic · don · gentleman
Jabberwocky
Invented meaningless language
- White QueenStrongest light piece
- Humpty DumptyFragile nursery rhyme figure
- CarpenterTrade-derived family name
vorpal · mimsy · frabjous · brillig · chess · mirror · backwards · galumphing
Alice
Common female name
- Cheshire CatFading striped feline
- Queen of HeartsExecution-happy playing-card sovereign
- March HareProverbially deranged bunny
Caterpillar · croquet · tea party · playing cards · rabbit hole · mushroom · hookah · flamingo · hedgehog · unbirthday
Lewis
Common British surname
- mathematicianProfessional in abstract quantities
- logicianExpert in valid reasoning
- OxfordHistoric English university town
photographer · deacon · clergyman · academic · writer · don · lecturer · stammerer · diarist · bachelor
portmanteau
Word combining two others
riddle · paradox · illogic · absurdity · verse · doggerel · parody · acrostic · doublet · word ladder
Victorian
Of a prim era
- OxfordHistoric English university town
- EnglandLargest British country
- 19th centuryThe eighteen hundreds
Anglican · photography · children's literature · British · monarchy · Empire · academic · don · gentleman · propriety
- British WritersShakespeare, Dickens, Austen, Tolkien, Rowling
- Classic AuthorsShakespeare, Dante, Homer, Chaucer, Milton
- Maryland CountiesMontgomery, Howard, Frederick, Calvert, Washington
- 19th Century AuthorsDickens, Austen, Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Twain
- Irish NamesO'Brien, O'Connor, O'Neill, O'Sullivan, O'Donnell
- Carroll CountyWestminster, county seat, Manchester, Hampstead, Middleburg
CarrollÉmile Zola
Charles Dickens · Upton Sinclair · John Steinbeck · Fyodor Dostoevsky · Thomas Hardy
CarrollEuclid
Father of geometry
Bertrand Russell · positivism · systematizers · rationalists