runcible
Word Origin & History
runcible
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.
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RUNCIBLE definition
Early system for mathematics on IBM 650.
See also FORTRUNCIBLE, IT.
[Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959)].
(1994-10-27)
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Runcible
is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
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