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- noun a
versipellous object or thing
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Apparently coined by Nabokov (see below) from versipellous.
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pavonine commented on the word versipel
This word was not coined by Vladimir Nabokov in Pale Fire, his book of 1962.
Versipel is listed in Webster's New International Dictionary,1932 edition. The definition is: A creature capable of changing from one form to another,as a werewolf.
November 4, 2007
pavonine commented on the word versipel
This word was not coined by Vladimir Nabokov in Pale Fire, his book of 1962.
Versipel is listed in Webster's New International Dictionary,1932 edition. The definition is: A creature capable of changing from one form to another,as a werewolf.
July 29, 2009