Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A three-pronged fork, such as a pickle fork, curved like a spoon and having a cutting edge.
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- noun A
fork -likespoon that has acutting edge .
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- noun a fork-like spoon with a cutting edge; coined by Edward Lear
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Coined by Edward Lear, perhaps alteration of rounceval, big woman, large pea, wart, monster, huge, from Roncevaux , (Roncesvalles), site where giant bones were found.]
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1871, coined by Edward Lear with no definition, but was applied to the following by 1926.
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trivet commented on the word runcible spoon
Nonsense from Edward Lear, The Owl and the Pussycat, 1871:
They dined on mince and slices of quince,
which they ate with a runcible spoon.
Often defined as something akin to a spork, although Lear used the word runcible rather indiscriminately.
February 22, 2007
reesetee commented on the word runcible spoon
Of course! How could I have forgotten one of my favorite words! Thanks for the reminder, trivet and sionnach. :-)
*Running off to add it to my list*
February 22, 2007
thtownse commented on the word runcible spoon
There is a restaurant in my town called Runcible Spoon.
January 15, 2010
dontcry commented on the word runcible spoon
Why???
January 15, 2010
reesetee commented on the word runcible spoon
Maybe it uses runcible spoons to serve the food.
January 15, 2010