| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| runcible spoon |
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| SYLLABICATION: | run·ci·ble spoon |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  r n s -bl |
| NOUN: | A three-pronged fork, such as a pickle fork, curved like a spoon and having a cutting edge. | | ETYMOLOGY: | 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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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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