Manxome

He took his vorpal sword in hand: / Long time the manxome foe he sought— / So rested he by the Tumtum tree, / And stood awhile in thought.

Of only one adder were we ever possessed, which we kept, by collusion with a home-boarder, in a cucumber-frame at Harrow. In consideration of his providing the manxome beast with house-room (we early perceived that in our own house the adder would be unwelcome), and because we couldn't well get into his father's garden without him, we permitted him to share the fearful delight of routing our pet out with a rake (it was a retiring creature) "between Bills", and trying to make him eat frogs.

Out from the odex came a fang-gaping ilps, a vicious manxome monster which Governor Troop demolished with five well-placed immaculately-timed questions.

Caleb had only fought a few manxome foes in his short life, and this, a Jabberwock. It would take the height of readiness and strength to stand a hero's chance.