tulgey

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English

Etymology

    Nonsense coinage by Lewis Carroll.

    Pronunciation

    • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈtʌl.d͡ʒi/, /ˈtʌl.ɡi/
    • Audio (US); /ˈtʌl.d͡ʒi/:(file)
    • Audio (US); /ˈtʌl.ɡi/:(file)

    Adjective

    tulgey (not comparable)

    1. Thick, dense, dark (originally in reference to a wood).
      • 1871, Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking-glass, "Jabberwocky":
        The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame, / Came whiffling through the tulgey wood
      • 1973, Kyril Bonfiglioli, Don't Point That Thing at Me, Penguin 2001, page 69:
        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.