versipel

A versipellous object or thing.

Noun

  1. A versipellous object or thing.
    • And that odd muse of mine, / My versipel, is with me everywhere, / In carrel and in car, and in my chair - 1962, Charles Kinbote [pseudonym; Vladimir Nabokov], “Canto Four”, in Pale Fire, New York, N.Y.: Berkley Books,...

Origin

Apparently coined by Nabokov (see citation below) from versipellous.

Forms

versipels