Meaning & use
runcible
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A nonsense word coined by the poet Edward Lear, with no fixed meaning, best known from the phrase 'runcible spoon.'
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In the poem, the Owl and the Pussycat dined on mince and slices of quince, eaten with a runcible spoon.
No one is quite sure what makes a spoon truly runcible, since Lear never defined the word.
A note on using this word
Coined by Edward Lear in his nonsense poetry; it has since been loosely applied to a fork-like spoon, though Lear never specified its meaning.
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