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  1. adj. A nonsense word.

Etymologies

  1. 1871, coined by Edward Lear in runcible spoon, runcible cat, etc. (Wiktionary)

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  • quothly Before there was Doctor Seuss, there was Edward Lear... and the world wouldn't be the same if they hadn't blessed it with their nonsense. Mar 8, 2012

  • saloniste From "The Owl and the Pussycat" can not find it anywhere. Jun 9, 2009

  • Prolagus See runcible spoon (someone has to say that). Nov 22, 2008

  • reesetee Thank you, sionnach. I mean, really. Jul 21, 2008

  • sionnach My kitchen is full of runcible spoons. For the quinces, don't you know. So, don't be telling me they don't exist. Or I will have to come after you with my vorpal blade. Jul 16, 2008

  • reesetee *tearing hair* Sep 27, 2007

  • colleen TRUE. It is an old-timey madeupical word!

    You're going to have to accept that you've been living a lie. Sep 27, 2007

  • reesetee What?? Nonsense! Nothing on Wordie is madeupical! Sep 27, 2007

  • colleen This word is, in fact, madeupical. Sep 27, 2007

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‘runcible’ has been looked up 1624 times, loved by 10 people, added to 41 lists, commented on 9 times, and has a Scrabble score of 12.