Pronounced: DEM-ee-rep, noun
Notes: I ran across this word in a book
Yesterday’s word
The word bandersnatch is
- a fast and ferocious wild creature
- an uncouth or bizarre person
First usage
Our word came into English in the mid-1800s
Background / Comments
Our word was created by Lewis Carroll to refer to a fictional creature in Through the Looking-Glass, which was published in 1871.
Rejected word
I was considering the word inveigh (to protest or complain bitterly or vehemently; to rail), but I knew the definition and decided to skip it. The origin was also pretty standard. The most interesting thing is that the word ‘invective’ comes from the same root as our word.
Richard's Vocabulary Word-of-the-Day 