無意味な言葉遊び
解説 Definition
ルイス・キャロルの『鏡の国のアリス』に登場する架空の怪物。転じて、意味不明な造語やナンセンスな言葉遊びを指します。
Jabberwocky can mean nonsensical, invented, or incomprehensible language, especially language filled with strange words. Capitalized, it is the title of Lewis Carroll’s poem and is associated with the imaginary monster described in that poem.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
Lewis Carroll の詩題・怪物名 Jabberwocky から、普通名詞では「意味不明な造語や文章」を指す。jabber「ぺちゃくちゃ意味なく話す」と結びつけ、pure jabberwocky、speak in jabberwocky を場面ごと覚えよう。作品名なら大文字、一般的な「ちんぷんかんぷん」なら小文字になる点も手掛かり。
Begin with jabber, which means to talk rapidly in a way that is difficult to understand. Then connect it with Lewis Carroll’s “Jabberwocky,” a poem famous for invented words that still sound suggestive. This gives a reliable path to the extended meaning: language that feels nonsensical or incomprehensible. Useful patterns include pure jabberwocky and speak in jabberwocky. Capitalization separates the title Jabberwocky, and by association its imaginary creature, from the lower-case common noun jabberwocky meaning verbal nonsense.
例文
He spoke in jabberwocky, using words that made no sense.
彼は意味不明な造語語で話し、無意味な言葉を使った。
The poem 'Jabberwocky' is famous for its nonsensical language.
『ジャバウォッキー』という詩はナンセンスな言語で有名です。
Her explanation was pure jabberwocky to me.
彼女の説明は私にはまったく意味不明だった。
jabberwocky の類義語・関連語
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jabberwocky の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ルイス・キャロルが『鏡の国のアリス』(1871年)で創作した造語。jabber（わけのわからないことを喋る）とwock（古英語的な響きの無意味音）を組み合わせたもの。作中の怪物の名前から転じて「意味不明な言葉・ナンセンスな文章」を指す普通名詞となった。
Jabberwocky was coined by Lewis Carroll and became famous as the title of a poem published in Through the Looking-Glass in 1871. The beginning resembles jabber, an existing verb for rapid or unintelligible speech, while the remaining formation was invented for its imaginative, archaic-sounding effect and should not be assigned a secure independent meaning. From the poem and its monster, the name developed a lower-case use for nonsensical or incomprehensible language.
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