- the heroine is a portmanteau figure of all the virtues. Also called: portmantle. Collins English Dictionary.
- First, let's define portmanteau. A portmanteau word is a words that is made by combining two other words.
- A portmanteau is a linguistic blend that occurs when the sounds, spellings and meanings of two words are combined to make a new one.
- "Smirting is a portmanteau word, formed by packing parts of two words together to create another, combining the sense of each."
- These are called “portmanteau” words. The word “portmanteau” originally meant a sort of large traveling bag.
- Tulkinghorn says nothing, but stands, ever, near the old portmanteau. "In the first place, here's an old portmanteau, sir," says Snagsby.
- ...starts this evening with singer/songwriter guitarist Sam Jefferson from 6-7pm followed by horn heavy, Funk, Soul, HipHop 9 piece Portmanteau from 9.30pm.
- Portmanteau Definition Portmanteau is a literary device in which two or more words are joined together to coined a new word relating to a single concept.
- Lewis Caroll gets credit for the linguistic term portmanteau. In his Through the Looking Glass, Humpty Dumpty explains the poem “Jabberwocky” to Alice
- The word portmanteau (meaning a blend of words) was introduced by Lewis Caroll in the 1871 book Through the Looking-Glass.