portmanteau

Meanings

Noun

• A large travelling case usually made of leather, and opening into two equal sections.
• A schoolbag.
• A hook on which to hang clothing.
• A portmanteau word.
• A portmanteau film.

Adjective

• Made by combining two (or more) words, stories, etc., in the manner of a linguistic portmanteau.

Verb

• To make a portmanteau word.

Origin

• French portemanteau ("coat stand"), from porte + manteau.
• First used by Lewis Carroll in Through The Looking Glass to describe the words he coined in Jabberwocky.