BOOJUM

Meaning of BOOJUM in English

[ 'bu:dʒəm ]

■ noun an imaginary dangerous animal.

Origin

1876: nonsense word coined by Lewis Carroll in The Hunting of the Snark .

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

BOOJUM — noun Etymology: perhaps from ~, an imaginary creature in The Hunting of the Snark by Lewis Carroll; from its grotesque …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BOOJUM — noun see boogum
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BOOJUM — noun Etymology: perhaps from boojum, an imaginary creature in The Hunting of the Snark by Lewis Carroll; from its grotesque …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BOOJUM — boojum BrE AmE ˈbuːdʒ əm
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
BOOJUM — буджум (поверхностный квантованный вихрь в жидком кристалле)
Англо-Русский физический словарь
BOOJUM — n. Pronunciation: ' bü-j ə m Function: noun Etymology: perhaps from boojum, an imaginary creature in The Hunting of the …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
BOOJUM TREE — /booh"jeuhm/ a tree, Idria columnaris, native to Baja California, having spreading spiny branches, deciduous leaves, and yellow flowers. Also called …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BOOJUM TREE — (Idria columnaris), tree that is the only species of its genus, in the family Fouquieriaceae. The boojum tree is an …
Britannica English vocabulary
BOOGUM — ˈbügəm noun or boo·jum -üjəm ( -s ) Etymology: perhaps from boojum, an imaginary creature in The Hunting of the …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CIRIO — /sir"ee oh'/ , n. , pl. cirios . See boojum tree . [ cereus, n. use of cereus made of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TAMARICALES — the tamarisk order of dicotyledonous flowering plants comprising three families (Tamaricaceae, Frankeniaceae, and Fouquieriaceae) of trees, shrubs, and herbs usually …
Britannica English vocabulary
BAJA CALIFORNIA — formerly Baja California Norte, state, northwestern Mexico, bounded north by the United States, east by the Gulf of California, west …
Britannica English vocabulary
SNARK — [Lewis Carroll, via the Michigan Terminal System] 1. A system failure. When a user's process bombed, the operator would get …
FOLDOC Computer English Dictionary
SNARK — [Lewis Carroll, via the Michigan Terminal System] 1. A system failure. When a user's process bombed, the operator would get …
Jargon File English vocabulary

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