borogove

borogove

English

Alternative forms

• borogrove

Etymology

Coined by Lewis Carroll, circa 1865.

Noun

borogove (plural borogoves)

1. A thin shabby-looking fictional bird with its feathers sticking out all round, something like a live mop, first introduced in the nonsense poem Jabberwocky.
   • 2006, David Brown & ‎Kara Willey, The Worlds of Naughtenny Moore, →ISBN:

     The borogove let out a quiet chirp. Another, larger borogove squirmed in through the hole in the fabric.

   • 2013, Mel Gilden, The Jabberwock Came Whiffling: A Novel of Fantasy, →ISBN, page 22:

     Its knee bent the wrong way, though Albert thought it was certainly the right way for the borogove . Another borogove popped out of the forest and followed the first across the road, then a third and a fourth .

   • 2014, Daniel Coleman, Jabberwocky: A Novel, →ISBN:

     It smelled like a wet borogove.

   • 2015, Donald Weis, Monster Lore 2, →ISBN, page 12:

     With the Borogove's long legs, they hop and step over some incoming attacks.