bandersnatch

noun ban·der·snatch \ ˈban-dər-ˌsnach \

Definition of bandersnatch

plural -es

: a wildly grotesque or bizarre individual

like teaching metaphysics to a bandersnatch
—F. B. Ebersole

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Origin and Etymology of bandersnatch

from Bandersnatch, a fabulous animal in Through the Looking Glass (1872) by Lewis Carroll (Charles L. Dodgson) †1898 English mathematician & writer