English
Alternative spellings
bryllyg
Pronunciation
IPA: /�bɹɪ.lɪɡ/
Other 1: (brÄʹlÄg)
Other 2: BRI(L)-lig
Etymology
Supposedly from bryl or broil
Adjective
brillig
- A nonce word in w:Lewis Carroll|Lewis Carroll's w:Jabberwocky|Jabberwocky, explained by Humpty Dumpty as "the time when you start broiling things for dinner", that is, four o'clock in the afternoon.
#: twas|'Twas brillig', and the slithy toves / Did gyre and gimble in the wabe — Lewis Carroll, Jabberwocky.
Translations
French: Il brilgue
:Note: "Il brilgue" translates the whole phrase "'Twas brillig". The French version of the poem is in the present tense rather than the past. "'Twas brillig" is therefore translated as if it were "'Tis brillig". This has not been translated as il est followed by an adjective; instead, a verb "brilguer" has been invented with the meaning "to be brillig". "Il brilgue" then corresponds to "'tis brillig", and therefore stands for the whole phrase "'Twas brillig" in the poem.
German: brillig#German|brillig
See also
w:Jabberwocky|Wikipedia article on Jabberwocky
German
Adjective
brillig
- brillig#English|brillig
#: Es brillig war - 'Twas brillig
zh:brillig
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