bandersnatch

[ ban-der-snach ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

an imaginary wild animal of fierce disposition.
a person of uncouth or unconventional habits, attitudes, etc., especially one considered a menace, nuisance, or the like.

Coined by Lewis Carroll in Through the Looking Glass (1871)

It would be more delightful if he could also fetch the mighty glyptodon, the terrible dinotherium, and the stately bandersnatch.

Perhaps the philologists of the future may theorise as sapiently as to the origin of jabberwock and bandersnatch.

Bandersnatch's name never even appeared on the race-card last week.

After all, I need a bandersnatch, dont I, to keep me straight?

I am sure you look like a bandersnatch; a biting, snarling creature.

April 18, 2024petrichor

[pet-ri-kawr]

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