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runcible spoon

(run′sə bəl)

a table utensil of indefinite form referred to by Edward Lear in his humorous poem “The Owl and the Pussycat” (1871): term later applied to any of various utensils with broad tines and a spoonlike shape

Origin: coined by Edward Lear < ? obs. rounceval, huge (< ?) + -ible

See runcible spoon in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A three-pronged fork, such as a pickle fork, curved like a spoon and having a cutting edge.

Origin:

Origin: Coined by Edward Lear

Origin: , perhaps alteration of rounceval, big woman, large pea, wart, monster, huge

Origin: , from Roncevaux (Roncesvalles), site where giant bones were found

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