runcible

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈɹʌnsɪb(ə)l/    美 /ˈɹʌnsəbəl/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. A nonce word used for humorous effect. humorous,not-comparable
    — They dined on mince and slices of quince, / Which they ate with a runcible spoon, / And hand in hand on the edge of the sand / They danced by the light of the moon,— / The moon, / They danced by the light of the moon.

词源

A nonce word coined by the English artist and poet Edward Lear (1812–1888) in his poem The Owl and the Pussy-cat (published 1870). It has been suggested that the word was modelled after rounceval, rouncival (“a large pea, the marrowfat”) (late 16th c.).
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