brillig
Late afternoon hour
Brillig is a nonsense word coined by Lewis Carroll in the poem "Jabberwocky," where it appears in the opening line: 'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves.
Carroll later explained it as "four o'clock in the afternoon—the time when you begin broiling things for dinner." The word has no meaning outside this playful literary context.
Light after sunset
- duskDimming after sundown
- gloamingPoetic term for dusk
- eventideArchaic term for dusk
- four-o'clockSpecific afternoon hour
teatime · afternoon · crepuscule · sundown · dimming · nightfall · vesper · shadows
Blend of slippery-lithe
- gyreCircular or spiral motion
- gimbleTool for boring holes
- mimsyUnhappy and weak
- vorpalLethally keen-edged
frabjous · beamish · snicker-snack · galumphing · chortled · whiffling · burbled
Word combining two others
- neologismNewly created expression
- whimsyPlayful, capricious quality
- absurdistBeliever in cosmic meaninglessness
- inventedCreated something new
wordplay · gibberish · fantastical · linguistic · playful · coined · meaningless · lexical
twilight
Light after sunset
four-o'clock · teatime · afternoon · crepuscule · sundown · dimming · nightfall · vesper · shadows · darkening
slithy
Blend of slippery-lithe
vorpal · frabjous · beamish · snicker-snack · galumphing · chortled · whiffling · burbled
portmanteau
Word combining two others
- neologismNewly created expression
- whimsyPlayful, capricious quality
- absurdistBeliever in cosmic meaninglessness
invented · wordplay · gibberish · fantastical · linguistic · playful · coined · meaningless · lexical · humorous
- Coined Wordschortle, galumph, nerd, robot, quark
- Whimsy Wordsgobbledygook, gibberish, mumbo jumbo, hogwash, balderdash
- Lewis CarrollJabberwocky, Alice in Wonderland, Cheshire, Queen of Hearts, Humpty Dumpty
brilligmidnight
Twelve o'clock at night
dawn · morning · small hours · witching hour · daybreak