Runcible Spoon Definition
rŭnsə-bəl
noun
Any of various utensils with broad tines and a spoonlike shape.
Webster's New World
A three-pronged fork, such as a pickle fork, curved like a spoon and having a cutting edge.
American Heritage
Other Word Forms of Runcible Spoon
Noun
Singular:
runcible spoon
Plural:
runcible-spoonsOrigin of Runcible Spoon
Coined by Edward Lear perhaps alteration of rounceval big woman, large pea, wart, monster, huge from Roncevaux (Roncesvalles), site where giant bones were found
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
1871, coined by Edward Lear with no definition, but was applied to the following by 1926.
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