English
Etymology
Nonsense coinage by w:Lewis Carroll|Lewis Carroll.
Pronunciation
IPA|/�t�lʤi/
Adjective
en-adj|tulg|ier
- thick|Thick, dense, dark (originally in reference to a wood).
#*1871: The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame, / Came whiffling through the tulgey wood � Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking-glass
#*1973: I battled for a while with Professor Aschloch's tulgey prose � only German poets have ever written lucid German prose � then closed my eyes, wondering bitterly which of my enemies the nice American worked for. � Kyril Bonfiglioli, Don't Point That Thing at Me (Penguin 2001, p. 69)
ru:tulgey
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