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"Runcible" is a nonsense word invented by Edward Lear. The word appears (as an adjective) several times in his works, most famously as the "runcible spoon" used by the Owl and the Pussycat. The word "runcible" was apparently one of Lear's favourite inventions, appearing in several of his works in reference to a number of different objects. In his verse self-portrait, ''The Self-Portrait of the Laureate of Nonsense'', it is noted that "he weareth a runcible hat". Other poems include mention of a "runcible cat", a "runcible goose" (in the sense of "silly person"), and a "runcible wall".〔 ==Origin== Edward Lear's best-known poem, ''The Owl and the Pussycat'', published in 1871, includes the passage: :They dined on mince and slices of quince, :which they ate with a runcible spoon.〔 Another mention of this piece of cutlery appears in the alphabetical illustrations ''Twenty-Six Nonsense Rhymes and Pictures''. Its entry for D reads :The Dolomphious Duck, :who caught Spotted Frogs for her dinner :with a Runcible Spoon Lear often illustrated his own poems, and he drew a picture of the "dolomphious duck" holding in its beak a round-bowled spoon containing a frog. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Runcible」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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