Vol. 10 · Portmanteaus ·The Victorian portmanteau ·1871
Frumious
fuming furious
- Meaning
- Fiercely angry; spluttering with rage.
- Source words
- fuming + furious
- Coined by
- Lewis Carroll
- Year
- 1871
Background
From "Jabberwocky" ("the frumious Bandersnatch"). Carroll explains the blending method in his preface to *The Hunting of the Snark*, using *frumious* as the example.
The Victorian portmanteau
Lewis Carroll didn't invent portmanteau-making, but he named the technique and demonstrated it with enough flair that the word-class is often traced to him. Two of the words here are direct Carroll coinages.
Two words, one coinage.
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