1871, nonsense word (perhaps based on jabber) coined by Lewis Carroll, for the poem of the same name, which he published in "Through the Looking-Glass." The poem is about a fabulous beast called the Jabberwock.
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Definitions of Jabberwocky from WordNet
jabberwocky (n.)
nonsensical language (according to Lewis Carroll);