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mome

Adjective
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

A nonsense or obsolete-sounding adjective in Carroll’s poem. Its exact meaning is not standard English.

Detailed Definition
The word appears as part of the poem’s invented vocabulary, giving the line a strange, archaic flavor. It is not a common modern word and is usually explained only in discussions of the poem.
Example
Example in poetry:
Mome is a Carrollian nonsense adjective, usually glossed as grave or solemn; “And the mome raths outgrabe” gains mood through sound rather than dictionary definition; The mome moon hung over the drained canal; Like mimsy, mome demonstrates how phonetic texture can imply meaning in literary nonsense
Additional Notes
The quoted adjective is obscure and not a normal everyday English word.; Found in the poem, Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll
Also Known As
fool simpleton dolt
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