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What part of speech is vorpal under?

"Vorpal" is an adjective.

It's famously used in Lewis Carroll's "Jabberwocky" poem as a descriptive word for the sword: "And has a vorpal blade." While not a real word, the context clearly shows it modifies the noun "blade", making it an adjective.

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