ban·der·snatch \ˈbandə(r)ˌsnach\noun (-es) Etymology: from Bandersnatch, a fabulous animal in Through the Looking Glass (1872) by Lewis Carroll (Charles L. Dodgson) died 1898 English mathematician & writer : a wildly grotesque or bizarre individual < like teaching metaphysics to a bandersnatch — F.B.Ebersole >