Crossword clues for runcible
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1871, a nonsense word coined by Edward Lear; used especially in runcible spoon "spoon with three short tines like a fork," which first took the name 1926.
Wiktionary
a. (non-gloss definition: A nonsense word.)
WordNet
Wikipedia
"Runcible" is a nonsense word invented by Edward Lear. The word appears (as an adjective) several times in his works, most famously as the "runcible spoon" used by the Owl and the Pussycat. The word "runcible" was apparently one of Lear's favourite inventions, appearing in several of his works in reference to a number of different objects. In his verse self-portrait, The Self-Portrait of the Laureate of Nonsense, it is noted that "he weareth a runcible hat". Other poems include mention of a "runcible cat", a "runcible goose" (in the sense of "silly person"), and a "runcible wall".
Usage examples of "runcible".
This tended to be something of a hardship for one endeavoring to become a knight, dedicated to serving good King Runcible of Isteria, a ruler who more often than not had his heart in the right place.
When Runcible learned of the situation in Pell, he sent Granite, convinced that he was dispatching one of his best men to attend to it.
The king, for all that I might have held Runcible in contempt, was nonetheless a regal figure with great bearing and presence.
DeVane, who--as he passed into banishment--swore a terrible oath that he would avenge himself upon Runcible one day.
King Runcible sent royal proclamations far and wide, speaking of the new era that was to exist under his reign.
Instead, Runcible himself became a prime adjudicator, listening thoughtfully to disputes that were brought before him, saying little other than asking a few prodding questions, and then returning with a reasoned and fair decision.
There had been a good deal of talk around the realm, far more than usual, about the activities of Runcible and his knights.
That was how the knights of King Runcible the Crafty entertained themselves that night.
King Runcible would boast at community fairs and such that they represented the best that mankind had to offer.
Either Runcible knew of their efforts and quietly endorsed them--in which case he was a screeching hypocrite--or else they acted without his knowledge, in which case his craftiness was a sham and he lived in quiet ignorance.
Forty gold sovereigns poured out, the face of King Runcible looking at us in profile on each one of them.
It was known far and wide that King Runcible was quite the adjudicator.
I myself had always held such practices in general, and the court of Runcible in particular, in great disdain.
Besides--and here was the aspect that I found most attractive--if Runcible sicced his knights on the Journeyman who had slain my mother, my neck was not on the line.
I would go to the court of King Runcible and seek redress of grievances there.