Gandalfish

Gandalfish (comparative more Gandalfish, superlative most Gandalfish)

more Gandalfish (comparative)
most Gandalfish (superlative)

It has an Aragorn figure called Gwydion, a Gandalfish wizard called Dallben, a dwarf named Doli, […]

1980, Brian Attebery, The Fantasy Tradition in American Literature: From Irving to Le Guin, Indiana University Press, →ISBN, page 156:

The archetypical instance is Ralph Bakshi's film Wizards, in which, at the final duel between the Disneylike good wizard and the Gandalfish evil wizard, […]

1986, Jan Hokenson, Howard Pearce, editors, Forms of the Fantastic: Selected Essays from the Third International Conference on the Fantastic in Literature and Film, Greenwood Press, →ISBN, page 36:

IMHO it would be a disaster to make a sort of Gandalfish wizard out of Sauron, with black robes and all the other Evil Accessories (tm).

1999 September 16, Ola Lundgren, “Re: The Character of Sauron?”, in alt.fan.tolkien (Usenet):


hengeyokai

1985, David Cook, Oriental Adventures, TSR Inc., →ISBN
Hengeyokai are intelligent, shape-changing animals. Several subraces exist, each a different type of animal. They are found throughout the Oriental world, usually on the fringes of human-settled lands.

1998-01-28, Lee Gold, Re: B5 Filk: You Picked A Fine Time To Leave Us Sinclair, rec.music.filk
If a hengeyokai fails to concentrate (or perhaps gets distracted -- due to being beaten, seeing a mouse, fatigue), the human form's ears may get pointed or a tail may appear.

Hengeyokai transfer between forms almost instantly, though when in human form, they often retain some mark of characteristic of their true animal nature.

2001, Laurence C. Bush, Asian Horror Encyclopedia: Asian Horror Culture in Literature, Manga and Folklore, Writers Club Press, page 69:

2013-10-12, Jasin Zujovic, Hengeyokai level adjustment, rec.games.frp.dnd
I've been watching Inuyasha yesterday (too bad that's a German dub and I can understand almost nothing) and that got me wanting to make myself a hengeyokai character... and then I remembered the level adjustment.

(folklore) A legendary Japanese animal with the ability to shapeshift into human form.


shapechanger

A creature that can supernaturally change its physical form.


nightwalker

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-nightwalker.wav

* night + walker
* (vampire): since they are traditionally said to avoid sunlight and go out at night.


swordstress

That warrior is Han (Lou Ferrigno) who joins with Sybil Danning (as a good-natured swordstress) and five other muscular heroes to fight to the death with Vadis.

1988, John Stanley, Revenge of the Creature Features Movie Guide: An A to Z Encyclopedia to the Cinema of the Fantastic, Or, Is There a Mad Doctor in the House?, Creatures at Large Press, →ISBN, page 313:

John's chosen character is Xianghua, a slight swordstress who specializes in hopping around and skewering people.

2004 August, Luke Dittrich, “Play Money”, in Atlanta, page 35:

It didn't matter whether we traveled with a fiery-tempered swordstress, or a vain Trickster God.

2013, Anthony Mercier, Akin Minds, Xlibris, →ISBN, page 172:


sparklepire

From the bloated, purple-faced, shroud-wrapped corpse feared throughout Europe in the 18th century to the ‘sparklepire’ brought into vogue by Stephenie Meyer, the vampire as a concept has come a long way since its folkloric origins, and horror and paranormal romance authors have brought the entire concept to an interesting evolutionary point.

2009 August 16, Janet Neilson, “The Evolution of Vampire in Fiction”, in Hub Magazine, number 95, page 5:

This probably includes: talking donkeys, gods, flying dragons, garden fairies, vampires, sparklepires, ghosts, and Harry Potter.

2012 April 2, Kermit [username], “Re: I am now a Creationist”, in talk.origins (Usenet):

KEVIN: Well, that's your classic vamp. Now factor in your Nosferatu, your Twilight sparklepires, your Thirty Days of Night nocturnal shark people and the hundred of variations on the classic...

2012 October 11, Freezer [username], “[MSTing] Unbreak My Spark - Part 4”, in rec.arts.tv.mst3k.misc (Usenet):

(fandom slang, humorous) A vampire who sparkles, such as those featured in the Twilight series.


glampire

Well, it's basically a supernatural Dawson's Creek—a humiliatingly addictive soap opera in the meadows, with glampire Edward (Pattinson) as Dawson and Native American beefcake Jacob (Taylor Lautner) as Pacey.

2009 November 19, Aaron Mesh, “Women Who Run With the Werewolves: New Moon Reviewed”, in Willamette Week:

“Because they couldn't even tell a real vampire from a glampire. Lucy didn't know anything.”

2011, Hannah Jayne, Under Wraps, Kensington Books, →ISBN, page 171:

[…] Anyway, you have to go to Annandale today. It's your cure day surprise. You get to kill a glampire."
"Christ. One of those vampire poseurs?"
"Oh yes. With the white face paint and dopey satanic rituals and everything. […]

2011, Drew Magary, The Postmortal, Penguin Books, →ISBN:

(slang, sometimes used attributively) A glamorous or beautiful vampire; a person who pretends to be a vampire.


zgripțor

zgripțori (plural)
zgripțor (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
un zgripțor (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
zgripțorul (accusative definite nominative singular)
zgripțori (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
niște zgripțori (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
zgripțorii (accusative definite nominative plural)
zgripțor (dative genitive indefinite singular)
unui zgripțor (dative genitive indefinite singular)
zgripțorului (dative definite genitive singular)
zgripțori (dative genitive indefinite plural)
unor zgripțori (dative genitive indefinite plural)
zgripțorilor (dative definite genitive plural)
zgripțorule (singular vocative)
zgripțorilor (plural vocative)

From the form gripsor, from Byzantine Greek γρύψ (grúps), from Ancient Greek γρύψ (grúps) (whence ultimately also grifon, borrowed through French). The final -or may result from the plural of an original form *grips > *gripsuri.

pajură

mythical bird-like creature, seal or coat of arms with eagle

(archaic) a mythical powerful bird-like creature, often with two heads

eastern imperial eagle
eastern imperial eagle

Aquila heliaca
Aquila heliaca#Translingual

(archaic) an old Austrian coin with this kind of eagle on it

(figurative) epithet for someone who is cruel, beastly, vicious; brute, beast; also miser


fleshling

(fantasy, science fiction, derogatory) A creature made of flesh; a human being.


astral body

"I suppose I am not talking to you at all. You are in Thibet with Shere Ali. This is your astral body, and if I were near enough, I could poke my fingers right through you, as you sit there, telling me you are an Edinburgh doctor, forsooth."
"Quite right, Mr. Griggs. At the present moment my body is quietly asleep in a lamastery in Thibet, and this is my astral shape.

1882, F. Marion Crawford, chapter 13, in Mr. Isaacs:

"I kept the Jewel within my great safe, whence none could extract it; not even Queen Tera herself with her astral body."

1903, Bram Stoker, chapter 15, in The Jewel of Seven Stars:

"You fool, have I no means of searching other than in the physical?" cried the man wrathfully. "I have been looking for him from the other side. It is as easy for me to use my astral body as this physical one."

1912, Fergus Hume, chapter 20, in A Son of Perdition: An Occult Romance:

I am not ready to ridicule the claim of the Yogi adepts, that they are able to project some kind of astral body, and to communicate with one another from distant places.

1917, Upton Sinclair, The Profits of Religion […] , book 6:

The voice in this case belongs to a lovely lady who has been most foully stabbed and while her body remains in a thug-infested old manse her astral body goes to ask Topper's assistance—probably the first instance on record in which the murdered victim was the first to inform the public.

1941 March 28, T. S., “Movie Review: Topper Returns (1941)”, in New York Times, retrieved 2014-04-09:

(parapsychology, theosophy, fantasy) A ghost-like replica of one's physical body which supposedly inhabits or is somehow associated with the physical body, conceived as a subtle body composed of some sort of ethereal material or as being non-physical and capable of sometimes separating from the physical body to travel to other places or to other realms of existence.


marvirino

eo-head

marvirino (accusative singular marvirinon, plural marvirinoj, accusative plural marvirinojn)

marvirinon (accusative singular)
marvirinoj (plural)
marvirinojn (accusative plural)


骨女

(Shinto): a bone woman: a female apparition who appears as a skeletal woman

雨女

a woman whose presence always seems to bring rain


Galactic

The sepoy spoke again. The meaning of the words finally penetrated. Oddly, Agayan was surprised more by the fact of those words than their actual content. He had not realized that Gha could speak Galactic beyond a few crude and simple phrases.

2001, Eric Flint, “Carthago Delenda Est”, in Foreign Legions, Riverdale, N.Y.: Baen Books, →ISBN, page 253:

universal language
universal language#Noun

(science fiction, fantasy) Denoting the name of a universal language spoken throughout a galaxy in various works.


quasit

Introduced in the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game.

"Quasits are natural cowards. When minor demons become so bold, their more powerful brethren cannot be far behind."

2006, Matt Forbeck, Prophecy of the Dragons, page 6:

Shadows on the ground moved as the quasits chased us […]

2012, Ann Aguirre, Devil's Punch: A Corine Solomon Novel:

(fantasy) A small horned humanoid demon with a long tail.


Voldemortesque

en-adj

Voldemortesque (comparative more Voldemortesque, superlative most Voldemortesque)

more Voldemortesque (comparative)
most Voldemortesque (superlative)

January is when most dwellers are seriously starting to look rather Voldemortesque avec alabaster lustre.

2012, Karen De Villiers, "In the leaving", The South African, Issue 445, 10 January 2012 - 16 January 2012, page 6

Then, a Voldemortesque colleague steals the gene from the axolotl lab and develops a technique to splice it into to^([sic]) mouse DNA.

2013 April 11, Jef Akst, “Review: Errors of the Human Body”, in The Scientist:

It's skiing's dirty little fashion secret — the Voldemortesque “he who must not be named” that lurks deep in the darkest closet of the alpine apparel world.

2013, Michael Mastarciyan, "The one-piece", S-Magazine, Volume 7, Number 1, Winter 2013, page 56

Having similar traits to the fictional evil wizard Voldemort from the Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling.


Voldemort

After the evil wizard Lord Voldemort in the Harry Potter series, coined by author J. K. Rowling as a compound of French vol de mort (“flight/theft from death”). The verb sense derives from the fact that in the story, many characters refuse to call Voldemort by his proper name, calling him by euphemisms such as "He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named" or "You-Know-Who". This may be due to Voldemort magically enforcing a ban on his name being spoken.

der

[…] Oscar has been called the Voldemort of Fleet Street by both friends and enemies. He was apparently ruthless in all his business dealings.'

2012, G. M. Malliet, A Fatal Winter, Constable & Robinson, published 2012, →ISBN:

If you asked me to identify a Voldemort in the myth of “social media,” it would be these people, and not guys like Gary Vaynerchuk.

2012, B. J. Mendelson, Social Media Is Bullshit, St. Martin's Press, published 2012, →ISBN:

Fructose is the Voldemort of the metabolic syndrome pandemic: stealthy, ever-present, and bad for the common good.

2013, Robert H. Lustig, Heather Millar, & Cindy Gershen, The Fat Chance Cookbook: More Than 100 Recipes Ready in Under 30 Minutes to Help You Lose the Sugar and the Weight, Hudson Street Press, published 2013, →ISBN:

An evil, harmful, or widely feared person or thing.


elf arrow

From the folk belief that they were used by elves.

When they want beef or mutton on any festal occasion, they betake themselves to the Shetlanders' scatkolds or townmails, and with elf-arrows bring down their game.

1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 262:

(folklore, fantasy) A magical arrow (weapon) used by elves or other mythological beings.


bobak

bobak (nominative singular)
bobaki (nominative plural)
bobaka (genitive singular)
bobaków (genitive plural)
bobakowi (dative singular)
bobakom (dative plural)
bobaka (accusative singular)
bobaki (accusative plural)
bobakiem (instrumental singular)
bobakami (instrumental plural)
bobaku (locative singular)
bobakach (locative plural)
bobaku (singular vocative)
bobaki (plural vocative)

→ English: bobac

Borrowed from Russian байба́к (bajbák). First attested in 1675.


merguy

"I don't know. But he's still breathing, or whatever it is merguys do. We've got to try and revive him somehow," said Sabrina thoughtfully.

1999, Ellen Titlebaum, Sabrina Down Under, Archway, →ISBN, page 32:

Step right up and see the merboy, merguy, merman. Where does his ding-dong go?

2012, Zoraida Cordova, The Vicious Deep, Sourcebooks Fire, →ISBN:

“Here, entertain yourself. I'm only expecting merguys to be at the meeting today, and there are no pictures of them.” Either the male mers didn't get out much or, more likely, men had written all the history books.

2012, Suzanne Johnson, River Road, Tor, →ISBN:


merlad

The merlad and merlass watched the sphere for a moment and with a flick of their shiny tails, vanished again.

2003, Susan K. Hamilton, Darkstar Rising, Xlibris, published 2003, →ISBN, page 433:

I have to admit, he's a handsome merlad with his beautiful brown eyes, shiny black hair, and dark brown skin, but I can't have a boyfriend.

2006, S. L. Bynum, Kalena, the Sea Princess, Lulu, published 2006, →ISBN, page 10:

“At first everyone was standoffish and now they're too friendly,” Thorgil complained, swiping at a merlad who was attempting to grab her hair.

2009, Nancy Farmer, The Islands of the Blessed, Simon & Schuster, published 2009, →ISBN:

(fantasy) A young male merperson, male equivalent of mermaid


merprince

We have the merprince and merprincess and tonight we will finish defeating the soldiers at the mercastle.

2003, Gretel Killeen, My Sister's a Sea Slug, Random House Children's Publishing UK, published 2012, →ISBN:

She sighed audibly when the merprince rescued the young mermaid and whisked her away to his kingdom as his bride, thus ending the story.

2005, Tracey V. Bateman, Kansas Home: Hearts Adrift Find a Place to Dwell in Four Romantic Stories, Barbour Publishing Incorporated, →ISBN, page 49:

Down the beach, a group of mergirls and boys were facing off with the same merprince who'd spoken through the mirror.

2005, Rachel Roberts, The Heart of Avalon, CDS Books, →ISBN, page 18:


merprincess

Ariel is a merprincess who finds life in the sea under the protective eye of her father to be a type of imprisonment.

1997, Carleton Papers in Applied Language Studies, volumes 14-19, page 109:

“As long as that merprincess is out there, the more that city will crumble and die. […]

2013, Cheri Jones, The Adventures of a Mermaid Princess, Trafford Publishing, →ISBN, page 26:


merdaughter

The Sea King's merdaughters have only one tail.

1993, Todd Strasser, Mark Rifkin, & Gil DiCicco, Disney's the Villian's Collection: Stories from the Films, Disney Press, →ISBN, page 61:

He does this again in Action Comics #224 (Sep. 1958) in which he meets a merman, Vul-Kor and his merdaughter, Lya-La, […]

2012, Lori Maguire, “Supervillains and Cold War Tensions in the 1950s”, in Joseph J. Darowski, editor, The Ages of Superman: Essays on the Man of Steel in Changing Times, McFarland & Company, →ISBN, page 21:

Below, a concert is underway by Triton (Martin Lopez), the sea king’s Merdaughters (Dakota Booher, Lexi Jusino, Ashley Moller, Lara Monti, Clare Pepe, Sarah Vidal), written by court composer, Sebastian (Kenny Copeland).

2013 April 23, Nancy Horak, “The Little Mermaid Broadway-Style”, in The Magazine of Santa Clarita:


merteen

In the “how to make a porn video” within the video, Sprinkle plays an older mermaid who sexually initiates a “merteen” played by Sirena.

2000 February 8, Virginia Vitzthum, “Annie Sprinkle swims forward”, in Salon:

Realization filled the merteen's eyes with sadness.

2005, Rachel Roberts, The Heart of Avalon, CDS Books, →ISBN, page 120:

I paddle board, boogie board, and I use a monofin when I swim. You put your two feet in a fin and workout in the water. It’s a great way for merfolk—mermen, merteens, whoever—to connect with the water.

2012 July 27, Maria Denardo, “Rockefeller's Center”, in The Daily Dan:


Donnervogel

de-noun

Donnervogel m (strong, genitive Donnervogels, plural Donnervögel)

Donnervogels (genitive)
Donnervögel (plural)
Donnervogel (nominative singular)
Donnervögel (definite nominative plural)
Donnervogels (genitive singular)
Donnervögel (definite genitive plural)
Donnervogel (dative singular)
Donnervögeln (dative definite plural)
Donnervogel (accusative singular)
Donnervögel (accusative definite plural)

/ˈdɔnɐˌfoːɡl̩/


女魔法師

女魔法師 (canonical)
onna mahōshi (romanization)

Compound of 女 (onna, “female”) + 魔 (ma, “evil”) + 法師 (hōshi, “priestess, nun”).

compound

女魔法士: an evil priestess

女魔法士 おんなまほうし

nun

女魔法士 おんなまほうし


ornithoid

(science fiction, fantasy) Any bird-like creature.


gárgula

pt-noun

gárgula f or (rare, nonstandard) m (plural gárgulas)

(fantasy) gargoyle (grotesque winged creature)


Шүлгән

head

Шүлгән • (Şülgən)

ba-noun

Шүлгән • (Şülgən)

Şülgən (romanization)
Шүлгән (absolute singular-only)
Шүлгәндең (definite genitive singular-only)
Шүлгәнгә (dative singular-only)
Шүлгәнде (accusative definite singular-only)
Шүлгәндә (locative singular-only)
Шүлгәндән (ablative singular-only)

Cognate with Yakut сүлүүкүн (sülüükün, “water spirit”).
Akhmetyanov suggests a derivation from Chinese 水 (shuǐ, “water”) 龍／龙 (lóng, “dragon”) 王 (wáng, “king”).

cog

Ural-batyr (Bashkir folk epic):

Минең әсәм – Айһылыу, // Атам Шүлгән булғандыр, // Шүлгән һиңә туғандыр.
Mineñ əsəm – Ayhılıw, // Atam Şülgən bulğandır, // Şülgən hiñə tuğandır.
My mother is Ayhïlïw, my father was Shulgan, Shulgan is your relative.

In Bashkir epic tales, a mythical ruler of the underwater world, Shulgan


Arya

From Sanskrit आर्य (ā́rya, “reputable or reverend”) and its feminine form आर्या (ā́ryā).

der

Arya Nielsen, a senior clinical faculty member at our Institute, has also demonstrated this in her excellent work on surface stimulation […]

1999, Mark Seem, Acupuncture Physical Medicine, →ISBN:


врколак

vrkolak (romanization)
врколак (indefinite singular)
врколаци (indefinite plural)
врколакот (definite singular unspecified)
врколаците (definite plural unspecified)
врколаков (definite proximal singular)
врколациве (definite plural proximal)
врколакон (definite distal singular)
врколацине (definite distal plural)
врколаку (singular vocative)
врколаци (plural vocative)
врколака (count-form plural)


Brienne

Napoleon was nearly captured by the Cossacks after the Battle of Brienne, but was saved by one of his generals.

Napoleon arrived in Brienne on 15 May 1779.

2011, Frank McLynn, Napoleon: A Biography, →ISBN:

The town of Brienne-le-Château in France.

(obsolete) A surname from French. Ellipsis of de Brienne. Obsolete spelling of Bryan (“de Bryan”).

2009, Brienne J. Meyer, Adirondack Mycorrhizal and Saprobic Macromycetes

"You will call me Brienne. Not wench."

2000, George R. R. Martin, Song of Ice and Fire, Bk. 3, Bantam Books, →ISBN, page 16:

(rare) A female given name, in occasional modern use.


morto-vivo

pt-noun

morto-vivo m (plural mortos-vivos, feminine morta-viva, feminine plural mortas-vivas, metaphonic)

mortos-vivos (plural)
morta-viva (feminine)
mortas-vivas (feminine plural)
metaphonic (feminine plural)

Literally, “dead-alive”, or more loosely translated as “both dead and alive”.

lit

(fiction) zombie, an undead person or creature


SF/F/H

Abbreviation of Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror.

abbreviation of

The parent genre encompassing the genres of science fiction, fantasy fiction and horror fiction; speculative fiction; imaginative fiction; non-mimetic fiction.


ageless sleep

She is, indeed, most wondrous fair: Gold of sunshine in her hair. Lips that shame the red, red rose. In ageless sleep, she finds repose. The years roll by, but a hundred years, to a steadfast heart, are but a day.

1959, Erdman Penner, Sleeping Beauty (film)

(mythology, fiction, fantasy) A magical state of suspended animation, where-in the recipient is placed in a state of ageless, deathless, everlasting sleep. Well-known examples are Endymion (the lover of the Greek moon goddess, Selene), and the princess from Sleeping Beauty.


mantícora

Borrowed from Latin mantichōra, from Ancient Greek μαρτιχόρας (martikhóras, “man-eater; tiger”), from Old Persian 𐎶𐎼𐎫𐎡𐎹 (*martiya, “man, human being, mortal”) + 𐎧𐎺𐎠𐎼 (*χvāra, “eater”).

der

(mythology, folklore, fantasy) manticore


eternal sleep

She is, indeed, most wondrous fair: Gold of sunshine in her hair. Lips that shame the red red rose. In ageless sleep, she finds repose. The years roll by, but a hundred years, to a steadfast heart, are but a day.

1959, Erdmann Penner, Sleeping Beauty (film)

(mythology, fiction, fantasy) A magical state of suspended animation, a state of ageless, deathless, everlasting sleep. Well-known examples are Endymion (the lover of the Greek moon goddess, Selene), and the princess from "Sleeping Beauty".


czort

pl-noun

czort m animal or m pers (diminutive czorcik)

czort m animal or (canonical masculine person)
czorcik (diminutive)
czort (nominative singular)
czorci (nominative plural)
czorty (derogatory nominative plural)
czorta (genitive singular)
czortów (genitive plural)
czortowi (dative singular)
czortom (dative plural)
czorta (accusative singular)
czortów (accusative plural)
czortem (instrumental singular)
czortami (instrumental plural)
czorcie (locative singular)
czortach (locative plural)
czorcie (singular vocative)
czorci (plural vocative)
czort (nominative singular)
czorty (nominative plural)
czorta (genitive singular)
czortów (genitive plural)
czortowi (dative singular)
czortom (dative plural)
czorta (accusative singular)
czorty (accusative plural)
czortem (instrumental singular)
czortami (instrumental plural)
czorcie (locative singular)
czortach (locative plural)
czorcie (singular vocative)
czorty (plural vocative)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čьrtъ. This form was possibly influenced by Russian чёрт (čort). Doublet of ciort and czart.


daywalker

(fantasy) One who can go out in the sunlight, distinguished from vampires etc. who cannot.


Buffyite

46 and proud to be a Buffyite. One of the best shows on the tube.

1998 May 25, Georg McLaughlin, “Re: Newbie (ages ?)”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer (Usenet):

Buffyites [felt] the show had slipped this year, falling into a very administration-like (and un-Buffy-like) us vs. them moral schema.

2005, Rhonda Wilcox (quoting Eric Alterman), Why Buffy Matters: The Art of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, I. B. Tauris & Co Ltd (2006), unnumbered page

Although Internet communities are virtual, it is the hypothesis of this paper that the virtcom can become a real community, by means of which Buffyites and Angelites can regularly interact.

2009, Mary Kirby-Diaz, “Buffy, Angel, and the Creation of Virtual Communities”, in Mary Kirby-Diaz, editor, Buffy and Angel Conquer the Internet: Essays on Online Fandom, McFarland & Company, →ISBN, page 18:

(slang) A fan of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.


vampireyness

If I remember correctly, the episode $teve's talking about also featured Nick getting caught on camera by a TV news crew, and he was unable to hypnotise her to make her forget because she had physical evidence of his vampireyness.

2001 July 28, Adam James Fitzpatrick, “Re: A few questions about Angel 2.21 - SPOILERS”, in aus.tv.buffy (Usenet):

For reasons that defy explanation, they're PUNS. Monstrous puns. Puns so eye-rollingly BAD, they're an abomination to the vampire's refined senses. This affront to their immortal good taste leaves them writhing in agony—exposing all manner of vampireyness.

2013, Rita Harris, Heather Harwood, Your Guide to Spotting and Outing Bloodsuckers at Work, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 4:

Age Suitability: Teens and above due to vampireyness and possible bad language.

2013, Nine Worlds Geekfest 2013 Programme and Schedule, page 53:

(informal) The state or quality of being vampirey.


Buffian

Sorry to have missed meeting the Canberra Buffians.

2000 January 17, Rachel, “Re: Inaugural ACT Buffy Meet”, in aus.tv.buffy (Usenet):

In all this time it still hasn't occurred to you that Buffians couldn't possibly give less of a shit about ratings?

2001 May 31, Forge [username], “Re: Wonky wins in Finale Ratings! Outraged DA fans demand recount!”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer (Usenet):

Yay - 'nother Buffian :D

2002 June 2, Trin, “Re: ROLL CALL!”, in uk.religion.pagan (Usenet):


Buffyholic

Anyway, I was thinking that some of us Buffyholics could meet there and perhaps organize a Denver "goober" for Buffy's season premiere.

1998 August 13, barklage [username], “Starcon 98 (Denver)”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer (Usenet):

Cordesman was introduced to Buffy by Buffyholics in his family, watched an episode or two, perceived analogies between the show and America's approach to threats of biological warfare, and developed Buffy into compounds that expressed his views on security.

2003, Michael Adams, Slayer Slang: A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Lexicon, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 100:

Before “Prophecy Girl,” I thought Buffy was a pretty cool show with some great moments, way better than anything else on the box. In its wake, I was an obsessive Buffy'''holic.

2009, Justine Larbalestier, “A Buffy Confession”, in Glenn Yeffeth, editor, Seven Seasons of Buffy: Science Fiction and Fantasy Authors Discuss Their Favorite Television Show, BenBella Books, →ISBN, page 78:


Buffaholic

For all you UK Buffaholics out there, there's an SMG interview in this week's (month's?) TV Hits magazine.

1999 January 14, Jonathan Nickson, “SMG interview”, in alt.fan.sarah-m-gellar (Usenet):

I'm am^([sic]) always online late Tuesday....gotta see what the Buffaholics thought about the new ep. I love Feb sweeps <G>.

2001 February 10, Karen Marie, “Re: Smackdown & Thunder”, in alt.pro-wrestling.wwf (Usenet):

I am a 36-yr-old mother of two pre-shcoolers and I am a proud Buffaholic (not too mention Angelholic).

2001 December 18, Sharon V, “True Age Demographic”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer (Usenet):


Buffista

> Well, to *you* I yield precedence, but the rest of these whippersnappers
> ought to bow to my half-century. And I've been a Buffista from Day One.

2002 February 19, Bill Reid (quoting Charles Stanley), “Re: Am I the only old man here?”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer (Usenet):

Of course if they entice the 'Buffy crowd', there'll be a lot of Buffistas reading Jinx High for the first time and complaining about it ripping off the Buffy episode "The Witch" (my first usenet post about Buffy was to abml about a certain rather obvious plot resemplance^([sic]) there).

2005 August 31, William George Ferguson, “Re: New release of Tregarde series?”, in alt.books.m-lackey (Usenet):

We didn't discuss it further, and continued sitting on our asses watching the TV. But a couple weeks later, late at night, another Buffista pondered the idea online.

2007, Allyson Beatrice, Will the Vampire People Please Leave the Lobby?: True Adventures in Cult Fandom, Sourcebooks, Inc., →ISBN, page 189:


skratte

From Old Swedish skratte, from Old Norse skratti.

Any of several humanoid supernatural creatures


quỷ

Sino-Vietnamese word from 鬼 (“ghost; devil; ogre”).

vi-etym-sino

nghịch như quỷ

very mischievous, very naughty, like ghosts / fiends

nhất quỷ, nhì ma, thứ ba học trò

Ghosts [rank] first, fiends second, students third [in mischievousness]

(mythology) any generic ugly, mischievous or evil spirit; a demon, a devil, an imp, a goblin, an ogre, an orc, an oni, etc.


Thanh Long

[tʰajŋ̟˧˧ lawŋ͡m˧˧]

[tʰɛɲ˧˧ lawŋ͡m˧˧]

[tʰɛɲ˧˧ lɔŋ˧˧]

Sino-Vietnamese word from 青龍, composed of 青 (“blue”) and 龍 (“dragon”), from Literary Chinese 青龍 (qīnglóng).


Romione

Ask her about her favorite ships. Does she like Dramione, or Romione? Ask her why, and if she's written fanfics about them.

2012, Krixia Subingsubing, "Date A Girl Who Writes", The Sword (St. Paul College of Makati), Volume 18, Number 1, June 2012-January 2013, page 14

The fans who believed in the canonical pairing were outraged that Rowling would say such things about their beloved Romione.

2014 February 10, Rebecca Godwin, “Romione vs. Harmony: Why do we even care?”, in The Michigan Daily, page 8A:

2014, J. Cibelli, "J. K. Rowling reflects on Romione romance", The Quinnipiac Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 18, 12 February 2014, page 11 (used in title only)

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger of the Harry Potter series.


ܓܕܐ

gaddāʾ (romanization)
ܓܕܐ (plural)
ܓܕ (absolute singular)
ܓܕܝܢ (absolute plural)
ܓܕ (construct singular)
ܓܕܝ (construct plural)
ܓܕܐ (emphatic singular)
ܓܕܐ (emphatic plural)
ܓܕܝ (common-gender first-person possessive singular)
ܓܕܟ (masculine possessive second-person singular)
ܓܕܝܟ (masculine possessive second-person singular)
ܓܕܟܝ (feminine possessive second-person singular)
ܓܕܝܟܝ (feminine possessive second-person singular)
ܓܕܗ (masculine possessive singular third-person)
ܓܕܘܗܝ (masculine possessive singular third-person)
ܓܕܗ (feminine possessive singular third-person)
ܓܕܝܗ (feminine possessive singular third-person)
ܓܕܢ (common-gender first-person plural possessive)
ܓܕܝܢ (common-gender first-person plural possessive)
ܓܕܟܘܢ (masculine plural possessive second-person)
ܓܕܝܟܘܢ (masculine plural possessive second-person)
ܓܕܟܝܢ (feminine plural possessive second-person)
ܓܕܝܟܝܢ (feminine plural possessive second-person)
ܓܕܗܘܢ (masculine plural possessive third-person)
ܓܕܝܗܘܢ (masculine plural possessive third-person)
ܓܕܗܝܢ (feminine plural possessive third-person)
ܓܕܝܗܝܢ (feminine plural possessive third-person)

From the root ܓ-ܕ-ܕ (ɡ-d-d) related to cutting off; compare Hebrew גָּד (gāḏ). The sense of "god of fortune" is a calque of Ancient Greek τύχη (túkhē).

ܓܕܢܘܬܐ

ܓܕܢܐ (gaddānāʾ)


Harmony

Blend of Harry + Hermione, based on the common noun harmony.

Oh that is bloody priceless, unfortunately I've seen some of the Harmony shippers' rants and that little piece of creative fiction could really be considered understating some of the reactions that were areound^([sic]) on some forums after the HBP release.

2006 June 16, Deevo [username], “Re: OT - but not by far: Shippers and fan-ficcers and psychos, oh, brother...”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer (Usenet):

Did you see where that retarded fucker Emerson Spaz ^([sic]) "that the Harmony shippers were (and still are) delusional. It's Romione all the way!" […]

2014 February 8, Darryl Homo Forests, “Re: Rowling Admits H/Hr was Better”, in alt.fan.harry-potter (Usenet):

Others, who shipped, which is the internet's way of saying supported, Harmony (Harry and Hermione), claimed superiority over the Romione shippers, claiming they always knew whom the true pairing should have been.

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Harry Potter and Hermione Granger of the Harry Potter series.


phù thuỷ

[fʊw˦˩ tʰwɪj˧˨]

[fʊw˨˩ tʰ⁽ʷ⁾ɪj˨˩˦]

Sino-Vietnamese word from 符水 (“charmed water”).

mụ phù thuỷ

thầy phù thuỷ

Trường Phù thủy và Pháp sư Hogwarts
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

any mythical or folkloric creature who practices magic or witchcraft; a witch, warlock, wizard, charmer, enchanter, magician, etc.


dahu

Perhaps still sore at being called crétins des Alpes by lowlanders, the Savoyards, in the early days of mass tourism, would sometimes take gullible visitors on dahu hunts. These entailed all-night vigils out in the open, where the would-be trophy hunter had to crouch and hide so as not to be seen by the sharp-eyed dahu.

2017, Stephen O'Shea, The Alps: A Human History from Hannibal to Heidi and Beyond, W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN:

(mythology) A legendary goat-like animal reputed to live in the mountains of France, Switzerland, and Italy.


pseudodragon

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From pseudo- + dragon, introduced in the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game.

(fantasy) A small dragon-like creature, not a true dragon.


Fomorian

Probably Old Irish fo- (“under”) + mor, mur (“ocean”).

(Irish mythology, mythology) A member of the semi-divine race that were said to have inhabited Ireland in ancient times.


chú lùn

[t͡ɕʊw˨˩˦ lun˦˩]

[cʊw˦˥ lʊwŋ͡m˨˩]

(mythology, folklore, fantasy) a short humanoid creature, usually a dwarf


Ophiotaurus

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὀφιόταυρος (Ophiótauros, “cow-serpent”).

bor

(Greek mythology) A mythical creature, part bull and part serpent.


ratfolk

Ratfolk are timid by nature and Singe was trying to make her own way outside her native society. Ratfolk males don't yell and threaten and promise massive bloodshed unless they intend to deliver. They don't banter.

2002, Glen Cook, Angry Lead Skies: A Garrett, P.I., Novel, Penguin, →ISBN:

If it's just the ratfolk looking for a bit of payback, there's no reason to think you and I are in any further danger.

2010, Ari Marmell, Agents of Artifice: A Planeswalker Novel, Wizards of the Coast, →ISBN:

Foreigners wouldn't know that some ratfolk can suck it down by the barrel. Once the kids were away, Singe began babbling about needing to get back to the house fast. We had a garderobe that a ratgirl could use.

2011, George R. R. Martin, Gardner Dozois, Down These Strange Streets, Penguin, →ISBN:

(fantasy) Intelligent anthropomorphic creatures akin to (or created from) rats.


dwimmercraft

From Middle English dwimmer-craft, dwemercraft, from Old English dweomorcræft (“magical arts, sorcery”), equivalent to dwimmer + -craft.

inh

He had walked the wilds of Imokoi before, he had pierced rakshas illusions, seenthrough the mist of demonic dwimmer-craft centuries ago.

The soldiers peered into the deep dark shaft In which lay the monk with tonsorshorn / A victim of the sorcerous lady's dwimmer craft / […]

(fantasy) The art of illusion; the art of magic; sorcery; magic.


giao long

[jaːw˧˧ lɔŋ˧˧]

Sino-Vietnamese word from 蛟龍 (“jiaolong”).

vi-etym-sino

(obsolete) a legendary aquatic serpent in Vietnamese folklore.


wizard rock

At this point, he swears, he had never heard of Harry and the Potters or any wizard rock.

2008, Melissa Anelli, Harry, A History, Pocket Books, →ISBN, page 128:

In 2002, the first wizard rock band, Harry and the Potters, formed.

2008, Susan Gunelius, Harry Potter: The Story of a Global Business Phenomenon, Palgrave Macmillan, →ISBN, page 122:

An example of this can been seen in the ways the HPA members present participated in wizard rock performances that were broadcasted through the video feed.

2014, Jennifer Terrell, “The Harry Potter Alliance: Sociotechnical Contexts of Digitally Mediated Activism”, in Martha McCaughey, editor, Cyberactivism on the Participatory Web, Routledge, →ISBN, page 49:

A genre of music produced by fans of the Harry Potter series, characterized by costumed performances and humorous lyrics about characters, settings, and plot elements from the series.


wrock

There are, at present, dozens of these “wizard rock” or “wrock” bands, some of which tour nationally and internationally performing at small clubs, libraries and Harry Potter conferences and other special events.

2007, Racheline Maltese, The Book of Harry Potter Trifles, Trivias & Particularities, Volume 1, Sterling & Ross Publishers, →ISBN, page 175:

Not all wrock is punk wrock. There's plenty of stylistic diversity in the scene, which ranges from the electric girl pop of the Parselmouths to the darkly gleaming hip-hop of Swish and Flick.

2009 July 20, Lev Grossman, “The Boy Who Rocked”, in Time:

The phenomenon of wrock (wizard rock) within Harry Potter fandom has not yet produced mainstream crossovers.

2011, Aaron Schwabach, Fan Fiction and Copyright: Outsider Works and Intellectual Property Protection, Ashgate, →ISBN, page 78:

(fandom slang) A genre of music produced by fans of the Harry Potter series, characterized by costumed performances and humorous lyrics about characters, settings, and plot elements from the series.


Potterphile

Advance orders for the newest installment, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, which won't be in U.S. stores until September, have reached 920,000, though impatient Potterphiles are ordering it from Britain via Amazon.com.

1999 August 8, “Children's Books: Just Wild About Harry Potter”, in Businessweek:

In the interest of full disclosure, let it be said: This reviewer is not a Potterphile, has never cracked a Potter book or darkened the door of a theater playing one of the Potter movies.

2004 June 4, Ann Hornaday, “Harry-Raising Adventure”, in The Washington Post:

As every Potterphile knows, there comes a time in Book Seven when Harry has to choose between two courses of action in his quest to deal with the evil Lord Voldemort.

2011 October 6, Eric Nelson, “What Harry Potter taught me about evil”, in The Christian Science Monitor:

One who loves the Harry Potter series of books and films.


manthing

“I left you for dead on that hillside and those puny little manthings would never help one of our kind.”

2005, Ed Greenwood, James M. Ward, Jeff Grubb, We Three Dragons: A Trio of Dragon Tales for the Holiday Season:

The manthings had invaded their home, killing many and forcing them to flee.

2009, Clint Romag, Fury of the Sasquatch:


Ringnut

From ring + nut, by analogy with wingnut.

27. Sit next to a ringnut and ask "so what's the deal with the ring?" every time it comes on the screen

2003 December 22, toto, “Fun for non-Tolkien fans (was Re: DON'T PUT SPOILERS IN SUBJECT LINES)”, in misc.kids (Usenet):

And to borrow a LotR reference for a moment -- and forgive me, 'cause I'm just a casual fan of the LotR movies, not a Ringnut -- Emily is Bilbo to Lorelai's Frodo and Rory's Sam.

2004 March 18, Rob Jensen, “Re: Yesterday episode”, in alt.tv.gilmore-girls (Usenet):

And I'm sure I'll get plenty of hate mail for single-handedly declaring all Ringnuts and Jackson fanboys are losers when I'm the guy spending time writing a review to post on the Internet, but hey, I never said I wasn't a hypocrite.

2006 August 26, webmaster@themovieaddict.com, “Retrospective: Dead Alive (1992)”, in rec.arts.movies.reviews (Usenet):

(slang, humorous or derogatory) A fan of the novel The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien and/or the film trilogy based on it.


Tolkiendil

From Tolkien and dil (“lover”), a word in Tolkien's constructed language of Quenya, notably used in the name of the character Eärendil.

Here's a competition for all German-speaking Tolkiendili who agree with me that this is a flaw of the translation (given that the English scans and rhymes perfectly): Come up with a better translation of the second stanza. (Or the whole poem, if you feel like it.)

1994 October 25, Ivan A Derzhanski, “A competition (Re: Don't need poem ...)”, in rec.arts.books.tolkien (Usenet):

The whole Balrog wings and Wheel of fire discussions are really about reading things literally or not. Those who think the ring is speaking and that Balrogs have wings take the literal word as gospel. They are the Fundamentalist Tolkiendili so to speak.

1999 August 30, Gordon Nash, “Literalists VS Nonliteralists”, in rec.arts.books.tolkien (Usenet):

Role Paying^([sic]) is something, a book like LOTR is something else. Tolkien never wrote a GAME, he wrote a book(s). These are two different worlds. So, beware of the MERP if you are a real Tolkiendil.

2002 August 4, discouraged. [username], “Re: MERP & Tolkien”, in alt.fan.tolkien (Usenet):

constructed language
constructed language

(fandom slang) A fan of the works of J. R. R. Tolkien, especially one interested in his constructed languages.


Twimom

For "Twilight" fans, the Runaways' iconic power may be difficult to grasp. (And for many of those girls' Twimoms, it may be difficult to remember.)

2010 April 9, Ann Hornaday, “Kristen Stewart has style and substance in hard-rocking 'The Runaways'”, in The Washington Post:

The next six hours consisted of 40-something-year-old TwiMoms who couldn't wait to get a glance of Carlisle, rude people trying to cut in line, and an insane lady bringing her fussy baby who wouldn't stop crying.

2012, Julith Perry, "'Breaking Dawn' renews series", The Mentor (Manhattan High School, Manhattan, Kansas), Volume 100, Issue 11, 27 November 2012, page 6

Even though we're writing legal teens doing legal things, we did get our fair share of shit for being “TwiMoms” writing “TwiPorn.”

2013, Anne Jamison, Fic: Why Fanfiction Is Taking Over the World, BenBella Books, published 2013, →ISBN:

(fandom slang) A mother who likes Stephenie Meyer's Twilight book series or the associated films.


Twilighter

If you look at the town, and around the ever-increasing number of tourists who have come to take pictures with anything that says “Forks,” you will find signs heralding businesses' support of the Twilight books—irresistible to the voracious Twilighter (as Meyer's fans call themselves).

2010, Tracey Baptise, Stephenie Meyer, Chelsea House, →ISBN, page 47:

A prequel on Carlisle would answer all of these questions and give Twilighters a better understanding of the leader of the Cullen family.

2010, Michelle Pan, Bella Should Have Dumped Edward: Controversial Views & Debates on the Twilight Series, Ulysses Press, →ISBN, page 83:

For one “Twilighter” in particular, the friendships she formed formed helped her through a particularly rough patch, when her husband's kidney failed and he was in need of a transplant.

2014, Michelle Groover, “Twilight and Twitter: An Ethnographic Study”, in Claudia Bucciferro, editor, The Twilight Saga: Exploring the Global Phenomenon, Scarecrow Press, →ISBN, pages 85–86:

(fandom slang) A fan of Stephenie Meyer's Twilight book series or the related films.


OBHWF

Initialism of One Big Happy Weasley Family, since the ship results in two of the main characters in the series, Harry Potter and Hermione Granger, ending up with two of the seven Weasley children.

Sadly for you & other OBHWF fans, Ginny is now over Harry, and is on her second boyfriend, while Luna Lovegood has the hots for Ron.

2003 June 30, Tennant Stuart, “Re: A couple of questions about book 5.”, in alt.fan.harry-potter (Usenet):

Because JKR ships OBHWF that's why. The way Hermione has been written shows us she's much more and^([sic]) equal and compatible with Harry though.

2005 July 24, Egla Bob, “Re: What Does Hermione See in Ron?”, in alt.fan.harry-potter (Usenet):

Those of us who didn't want OBHWF felt that Rowling was making a mistake, not that she was being misleading.

2008 September 9, Louis Epstein, “Re: Cho Chang not Ginny”, in alt.fan.harry-potter (Usenet):

(fandom slang) The double ship of Hermione Granger/Ron Weasley and Harry Potter/Ginny Weasley from the Harry Potter series.


Twifan

Naff ending and slow pacing notwithstanding, you can't really call this swoonfest a terrible movie (unless you want to be tweeted to death by Twifans).

2010 April 8, “To tide over the Twi-hards”, in Daily News, South Africa:

There are even goodies, too, for Twifans whose love of cooking is just as strong as their love for vampires and werewolves.

2010, Amanda McGuire Rzicznek, "'Twilight' cookbook adds spice", The BG News (Bowling Green State University), Volume 104, Issue 159, 7 July 2010, page 8

As any Twifan could tell you, long before Snowqueens Icedragon changed some names in her popular fic “Master of the Universe” and published it as Fifty Shades of Grey by E. L. James, the wank surrounding her, her attitudes, and her relationship to the fandom had already reached epic proportions.

(fandom slang) A fan of Stephanie Meyer's Twilight book series or the associated films.


fanpire

The self-proclaimed fanpires gawked, squealed and begged for autographs and photos with the stars.

2008 November 18, Derrik J. Lang, “Fans flock to 'Twilight' premiere in Los Angeles”, in USA Today:

Have you devoured the "Twilight" books? Are you obsessed with Edward? Can you recite the entire "Twilight" movie? Do you have Bella on the brain? Then you just might be a "Twilight" fanpire.

2009 July 16, “An event to sink your teeth into”, in The Charleston Gazette:

That their emotional relationship is foregrounded over sex may also explain why the mothers of Meyer's “fanpires” are great enthusiasts of the books, too.

2012, Victoria Nelson, Gothicka: Vampire Heroes, Human Gods, and the New Supernatural, Harvard University Press, published 2012, →ISBN, page 136:


kì lân

[kɪj˦˩ ləŋ˧˧]

[kɪj˨˩ ləŋ˧˧]


demihuman

No wonder Columbus was dubious. Though perfectly charming, in a Droopy-esque way. it would take a lot of imagination (or desperation) to convert this into a demihuman sex siren.

1986, BBC Wildlife, volumes 4-5, page 393:

Halflings look upon other demihuman and humanoid races as stock for the stew pot.

1991, Roger E. Moore, Dragon Magazine, TSR, →ISBN:

In the AD&D game, humans are more motivated by ambition and the desire for power than the demihuman races are. Thus, humans advance further and more quickly. Demihumans can attain significant levels in certain classes, but they do not ...

1995, David Zeb Cook, Jean Rabe, Warren Spector, Steven E. Schend, Dungeon master guide for the AD&D game, TSR:

In one version we learn that the people who built Nan Madol settled at the site because they were "constantly afraid of the people of the center of Pohnpei," both the various demihuman, cannibalistic creatures and "real people" who resided ...

1995, Isla: A Journal of Micronesian Studies:

... fact from the moment he first lays eyes on the demihuman M'ling, before he has any notion of Moreau or his surgical feats. "I had never beheld such a repulsive and extraordinary face before, and yet — if the contradiction is credible — I ...

2002, Gary Westfahl, George Edgar Slusser, No Cure for the Future: Disease and Medicine in Science Fiction and Fantasy, →ISBN:

We can watch this happen, on page and screen, in werewolves. We can safely say that the werewolf is a widespread figure, not exclusive to European mythology. But it is also not a generic manifestation of the global demihuman.

2009, S. K. Robisch, Wolves and the Wolf Myth in American Literature, University of Nevada Press, →ISBN, page 207:

features of a thousand faces upon that awful head: human faces, demihuman, reptilian, serpentine, batrachian, vulpine. […]and many others for which I have no ready descriptive terms.

2009, Brian Stableford, The Return of the Djinn and Other Black Melodramas, Wildside Press LLC, →ISBN, page 89:

Demihumans, like . . . yourself . . . the vampires . . . orcs, dwarves, trolls, demons, pixies, all of them have a stake in the fate of humanity . . .”

2010, Marc Mattaliano, The Demihuman Archives, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 120:

(fantasy, mythology) A member of a human-like race; in fantasy, sometimes distinguished from the more bestial humanoid races.


earthlore

He even wondered what would happen to him when the sages of Tsath considered him drained dry of fresh facts; and in self-defence began to be more gradual in his talks on earth-lore, conveying whenever he could the impression of vast knowledge held in reserve.

1933, H.P. Lovecraft, The Horror in the Museum:

Luca pulled thoughtfully at his lower lip. “You shouldn't have been able to hide from us before. We're aware of the whole world.” “My people still have the earthlore your kind — both of you — have forgotten.

Here Rhion read and studied through the rainy days of the marshlands winter and sometimes throughout the night: herb-lore and earth-lore and the deep magics of the moon and tides; the legends of the old realm of Sligo, going back two thousand years; […]

2011, Barbara Hambly, The Rainbow Abyss:

I will say that my comrade, the Doctor, did much to make it so, with his gentle fun, and his wide knowledge of earth-lore.

2013, Herman Melville, Joseph Conrad, R. M. Ballantyne, Stories of the Sea: 25 Classic Nautical Adventure Tales!:

(often fantasy) Knowledge, teaching, study, or science of the earth.


толпар

tolpar (romanization)
толпар (absolute singular)
толпарҙар (absolute plural)
толпарҙың (definite genitive singular)
толпарҙарҙың (definite genitive plural)
толпарға (dative singular)
толпарҙарға (dative plural)
толпарҙы (accusative definite singular)
толпарҙарҙы (accusative definite plural)
толпарҙа (locative singular)
толпарҙарҙа (locative plural)
толпарҙан (ablative singular)
толпарҙарҙан (ablative plural)

ba-decl-noun

толпарҙарҙың

толпарҙарҙан

Cognate with Tatar тулпар (tulpar), Kazakh тұлпар (tūlpar), Kyrgyz тулпар (tulpar), Karachay-Balkar тулпар (tulpar), Kumyk тулпар (tulpar), Uzbek tulpor, Uyghur تۇلپار (tulpar), Khakas тулбар (tulbar, “winged horse”).

Ural-batyr (Bashkir folk epic):
Йондоҙ һымаҡ атылып, аҡбуҙ толпар атлығып күктән килеп төшкән, ти.
Yondoź hımaq atılıp, aqbuź tolpar atlığıp küktən kilep töşkən, ti.
Like a shooting star, a blue gray winged horse came down swiftly from the sky.

Tulpar, a winged horse in Bashkir mythology

ba:Толпар (осҡан ат)


Thìn

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 辰 (“fifth earthly branch”, SV: thần). Some dictionaries (such as Thiều Chửu's) consider it as Sino-Vietnamese, but Thìn's /-in/ is unlikely to be a Sino-Vietnamese rhyme, compared to the likely one /-ən/ in thần. See also Tí, Mẹo, Ngọ, Mùi.

der

SV: <i class="Latn mention" lang="vi">thần</i>


kết giới

[ket̚˧˦ zəːj˧˦]

[ket̚˦˧˥ jəːj˨˩˦]

[kəːt̚˦˥ jəːj˦˥]

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Sino-Vietnamese word from 結界, from Japanese 結界, introduced in Japanese manga

(fiction, fantasy, manga, anime, video games) energy barrier/shield, forcefield


kết giới sư

[ket̚˧˦ zəːj˧˦ sɨ˧˧]

[ket̚˦˧˥ jəːj˨˩˦ ʂɨ˧˧]

[ket̚˦˧˥ jəːj˨˩˦ sɨ˧˧]

[kəːt̚˦˥ jəːj˦˥ ʂɨ˧˧]

[kəːt̚˦˥ jəːj˦˥ sɨ˧˧]

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Sino-Vietnamese word from 結界師, from Japanese 結界師, introduced in the Japanese manga Kekkaishi

(fiction, fantasy, manga, anime) barrier master, kekkaishi


á thần

[ʔaː˧˦ tʰən˨˩]

[ʔaː˨˩˦ tʰəŋ˦˩]

[ʔaː˦˥ tʰəŋ˨˩]

Sino-Vietnamese word from 亞神, composed of 亞 (“sub-”) and 神 (“god”). The prefix 亞 denotes secondariness or lesserness rather than the notion of a demigod as a genealogical "half-god". Japanese 亜神 (ashin, “demigod”) and Japanese 亜人 (ajin, á nhân, “demihuman”) are also found in contemporary fantasy.

Hồ sơ á thần

(neologism, mythology, fantasy) Synonym of bán thần (“a demigod”)


quaffle

A ball used in the sports of Quidditch and Muggle Quidditch.


zombocalypse

The makers of "Zombieland" disagree though, and their film is an excellent argument that even the zombocalypse can be funny.

2009, Nate Knife, "'Zombieland' awakens laughter", Clarion (University of Denver), Volume 116, Issue 19, 6 October 2009, page 12

"Dawn of the Dead," the second and arguably best in Romero's canon, depicts survivors that try to wait out the zombocalypse in a monument to consumerism.

2009, Mike Riechers, "Dawn of the Dead", in "Frightful, funny films for Halloween", The Daily Cardinal (University of Wisconsin-Madison), 30 October 2009 - 1 November 2009, page 6

So we all expect that post zombocalypse earth will see us ditch our smartphones, […]

September 2014, Terrence Jarrad, “Hotware”, in PC PowerPlay, number 231, page 78:

(slang, horror) The breakdown of society as a result of a zombie outbreak.


аждаһа

ajdaha (romanization)
аждаһа (absolute singular)
аждаһалар (absolute plural)
аждаһаның (definite genitive singular)
аждаһаларҙың (definite genitive plural)
аждаһаға (dative singular)
аждаһаларға (dative plural)
аждаһаны (accusative definite singular)
аждаһаларҙы (accusative definite plural)
аждаһала (locative singular)
аждаһаларҙа (locative plural)
аждаһанан (ablative singular)
аждаһаларҙан (ablative plural)

ba-decl-noun

аждаһаларҙың

аждаһаларҙан

From Persian اژدها (aždahâ, “dragon”),
from Parthian *aždahāk, from Avestan 𐬀𐬲𐬌⸱𐬛𐬀𐬵𐬁𐬐𐬀 (aži.dahāka), a serpent figure of Iranian mythology.


ملأك

ar-noun

مَلْأَك • (malʔak) m (plural مَلَائِك (malāʔik) or مَلَائِكَة (malāʔika))

مَلْأَك (canonical)
malʔak (romanization)
مَلَائِك (plural)
مَلَائِكَة (plural)
مَلْأَك (indefinite informal singular triptote)
الْمَلْأَك (definite informal singular triptote)
مَلْأَك (construct informal singular triptote)
مَلْأَكٌ (indefinite nominative singular triptote)
الْمَلْأَكُ (definite nominative singular triptote)
مَلْأَكُ (construct nominative singular triptote)
مَلْأَكًا (accusative indefinite singular triptote)
الْمَلْأَكَ (accusative definite singular triptote)
مَلْأَكَ (accusative construct singular triptote)
مَلْأَكٍ (genitive indefinite singular triptote)
الْمَلْأَكِ (definite genitive singular triptote)
مَلْأَكِ (construct genitive singular triptote)
مَلْأَكَيْن (dual indefinite informal singular triptote)
الْمَلْأَكَيْن (definite dual informal singular triptote)
مَلْأَكَيْ (construct dual informal singular triptote)
مَلْأَكَانِ (dual indefinite nominative singular triptote)
الْمَلْأَكَانِ (definite dual nominative singular triptote)
مَلْأَكَا (construct dual nominative singular triptote)
مَلْأَكَيْنِ (accusative dual indefinite singular triptote)
الْمَلْأَكَيْنِ (accusative definite dual singular triptote)
مَلْأَكَيْ (accusative construct dual singular triptote)
مَلْأَكَيْنِ (dual genitive indefinite singular triptote)
الْمَلْأَكَيْنِ (definite dual genitive singular triptote)
مَلْأَكَيْ (construct dual genitive singular triptote)
مَلَائِك (ar-infl-a broken-form diptote indefinite informal plural triptote)
مَلَائِكَة (ar-infl-a broken-form diptote indefinite informal plural triptote)
الْمَلَائِك (ar-infl-a broken-form definite diptote informal plural triptote)
الْمَلَائِكَة (ar-infl-a broken-form definite diptote informal plural triptote)
مَلَائِك (ar-infl-a broken-form construct diptote informal plural triptote)
مَلَائِكَة (ar-infl-a broken-form construct diptote informal plural triptote)
مَلَائِكُ (ar-infl-a broken-form diptote indefinite nominative plural triptote)
مَلَائِكَةٌ (ar-infl-a broken-form diptote indefinite nominative plural triptote)
الْمَلَائِكُ (ar-infl-a broken-form definite diptote nominative plural triptote)
الْمَلَائِكَةُ (ar-infl-a broken-form definite diptote nominative plural triptote)
مَلَائِكُ (ar-infl-a broken-form construct diptote nominative plural triptote)
مَلَائِكَةُ (ar-infl-a broken-form construct diptote nominative plural triptote)
مَلَائِكَ (accusative ar-infl-a broken-form diptote indefinite plural triptote)
مَلَائِكَةً (accusative ar-infl-a broken-form diptote indefinite plural triptote)
الْمَلَائِكَ (accusative ar-infl-a broken-form definite diptote plural triptote)
الْمَلَائِكَةَ (accusative ar-infl-a broken-form definite diptote plural triptote)
مَلَائِكَ (accusative ar-infl-a broken-form construct diptote plural triptote)
مَلَائِكَةَ (accusative ar-infl-a broken-form construct diptote plural triptote)
مَلَائِكَ (ar-infl-a broken-form diptote genitive indefinite plural triptote)
مَلَائِكَةٍ (ar-infl-a broken-form diptote genitive indefinite plural triptote)
الْمَلَائِكِ (ar-infl-a broken-form definite diptote genitive plural triptote)
الْمَلَائِكَةِ (ar-infl-a broken-form definite diptote genitive plural triptote)
مَلَائِكِ (ar-infl-a broken-form construct diptote genitive plural triptote)
مَلَائِكَةِ (ar-infl-a broken-form construct diptote genitive plural triptote)

→ Abaza: мальаикь (malᶻaikʲ)

→ Abkhaz: амаалықь (amaaləkʲ)

desc

→ Adyghe: мэлэӏич (mɛlɛʼič)

→ Adyghe: мэлэӏич (mɛlɛʼič)

մալաք, մալախ

→ Armenian: մալաք, մալախ (malakʻ, malax)

→ Avar: малаик (malaik)

→ Azerbaijani: mələk

→ Chechen: малик (malik)

→ Classical Persian: مَلَک (malak)

→ Dargwa: малайк (malajk)

→ Farefare: malɛka

→ Fula: maleyka

→ Hausa: mala'ika

→ Ingush: малайк (malajk)

→ Javanese: ꦩꦭꦲꦺꦏꦠ꧀ (malaékat)

→ Kabardian: мэлэӏыч (mɛlɛʼəč)

→ Khwarezmian: ملك (mlk)

→ Kumyk: малайик (malayik)

→ Northern Kurdish: melek, milyaket

→ Lezgi: малаик (malaik)

→ Malay: malak, malaikat

Indonesian: malaikat

→ Maranao: mala'ikat

→ Moore: malɛka

→ Ngiti: màlàyikà

desctree

→ Ottoman Turkish: ملك (melek)
Turkish: melek
→ Albanian: meleq
→ Romanian: melec
→ Serbo-Croatian: mèlek／мѐлек

→ Swahili: malaika

Tooro: malaika

→ Tabasaran: малайик (malajik)

desc

→ Tat: малах

→ Tat: малах

→ Tausug: malāikat

→ Turkmen: melek

→ Yoruba: màlékà

Borrowed from Ge'ez መልአክ (mälʾäk, “messenger; angel”), the plural of which is መላእክት (mälaʾəkt), itself a calque of Aramaic מַלְאֲכָא / ܡܠܐܟܐ (malʾăḵā, “angel, messenger”) and Hebrew מַלְאָךְ (malʾā́ḵ, “angel, messenger”), closer in Tigrinya መልኣኽ (mälʾax), Amharic መልኣክ (mälʾak), መላክ (mälak) of which the plural is መላእክት (mälaʾəkt). Compare the root ل ء ك (l-ʔ-k) and لَأَكَ (laʔaka), أَلْأَكَ (ʔalʔaka, “to send as a messenger”), which was regularly used as the normal word for “to send” in Ge'ez ለአከ (läʾäkä) as well as in Ugaritic 𐎍𐎛𐎋 (lỉk), 𐎍𐎀𐎋 (lảk) for which the normal Arabic word is أَرْسَلَ (ʔarsala) upon which one has formed رَسُول (rasūl, “messenger; apostle; angel”), with the same pattern native Ge'ez ልኡክ (ləʾuk, “messenger; apostle; cantor”).

der

Aramaic מַלְאֲכָא


bòcan

head

bòcan m (genitive singular bòcain, plural bòcain)

bòcain (genitive singular)
bòcain (plural)

apparition, ghost, spectre, spirit, sprite


zumbificar

pt-verb

zumbificar (first-person singular present zumbifico, first-person singular preterite zumbifiquei, past participle zumbificado)

zumbifico (first-person present singular)
zumbifiquei (first-person preterite singular)
zumbificado (participle past)
zumbificar (impersonal infinitive)
zumbificar (first-person infinitive singular)
zumbificares (infinitive second-person singular)
zumbificar (infinitive singular third-person)
zumbificarmos (first-person infinitive plural)
zumbificardes (infinitive plural second-person)
zumbificarem (infinitive plural third-person)
zumbificando (gerund)
zumbificado (masculine participle past singular)
zumbificados (masculine participle past plural)
zumbificada (feminine participle past singular)
zumbificadas (feminine participle past plural)
zumbifico (first-person indicative present singular)
zumbificas (indicative present second-person singular)
zumbifica (indicative present singular third-person)
zumbificamos (first-person indicative plural present)
zumbificais (indicative plural present second-person)
zumbificam (indicative plural present third-person)
zumbificava (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
zumbificavas (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
zumbificava (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
zumbificávamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
zumbificáveis (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
zumbificavam (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
zumbifiquei (first-person indicative preterite singular)
zumbificaste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
zumbificou (indicative preterite singular third-person)
zumbificamos (Brazil first-person indicative plural preterite)
zumbificámos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
zumbificastes (indicative plural preterite second-person)
zumbificaram (indicative plural preterite third-person)
zumbificara (first-person indicative pluperfect singular)
zumbificaras (indicative pluperfect second-person singular)
zumbificara (indicative pluperfect singular third-person)
zumbificáramos (first-person indicative pluperfect plural)
zumbificáreis (indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
zumbificaram (indicative pluperfect plural third-person)
zumbificarei (first-person future indicative singular)
zumbificarás (future indicative second-person singular)
zumbificará (future indicative singular third-person)
zumbificaremos (first-person future indicative plural)
zumbificareis (future indicative plural second-person)
zumbificarão (future indicative plural third-person)
zumbificaria (conditional first-person singular)
zumbificarias (conditional second-person singular)
zumbificaria (conditional singular third-person)
zumbificaríamos (conditional first-person plural)
zumbificaríeis (conditional plural second-person)
zumbificariam (conditional plural third-person)
zumbifique (first-person present singular subjunctive)
zumbifiques (present second-person singular subjunctive)
zumbifique (present singular subjunctive third-person)
zumbifiquemos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
zumbifiqueis (plural present second-person subjunctive)
zumbifiquem (plural present subjunctive third-person)
zumbificasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
zumbificasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
zumbificasse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
zumbificássemos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
zumbificásseis (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
zumbificassem (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
zumbificar (first-person future singular subjunctive)
zumbificares (future second-person singular subjunctive)
zumbificar (future singular subjunctive third-person)
zumbificarmos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
zumbificardes (future plural second-person subjunctive)
zumbificarem (future plural subjunctive third-person)
zumbifica (imperative second-person singular)
zumbifique (imperative singular third-person)
zumbifiquemos (first-person imperative plural)
zumbificai (imperative plural second-person)
zumbifiquem (imperative plural third-person)
não zumbifiques (imperative negative second-person singular)
não zumbifique (imperative negative singular third-person)
não zumbifiquemos (first-person imperative negative plural)
não zumbifiqueis (imperative negative plural second-person)
não zumbifiquem (imperative negative plural third-person)

(transitive, fiction, Brazil) to zombify (to turn into a zombie)


仙姑

/ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ku⁵⁵/

/si̯en²⁴⁻¹¹ ku²⁴/

/siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² kɔ⁴⁴/

/ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ku⁵⁵/

/si̯en²⁴⁻¹¹ ku²⁴/

/siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² kɔ⁴⁴/


遊俠

CJKV/code

Sino-Xenic (遊俠):
* → Vietnamese: du hiệp (遊俠)

/joʊ̯³⁵ ɕi̯ä³⁵/

/jɐu̯²¹ hɐp̚²/

/jɐu̯²¹ haːp̚²/

/iu²⁴⁻²² kiap̚³²/

/iu¹³⁻²² hiap̚¹²¹/

/joʊ̯³⁵ ɕi̯ä³⁵/

/jɐu̯²¹ hɐp̚²/

/jɐu̯²¹ haːp̚²/

/iu²⁴⁻²² kiap̚³²/

/iu¹³⁻²² hiap̚¹²¹/

Attested earliest as a compound noun in Han Feizi:
*
Also attested as a phrasal verb in Six Secret Teachings (六韜 (Liùtāo)):
*

Therefore, incompatible things do not coexist. For … to neglect the men who respect the superior and revere the law, and at the same time to maintain gangs of wandering cavaliers and self-seeking swordsmen: out of such incompatible acts, how can a state attain order and strength?

Han Feizi, circa 2ⁿᵈ century BCE, translated based on W. K. Liao's version

Gù bù xiàngróng zhī shì, bù liǎnglì yě....... Fèi jìngshàng wèifǎ zhī mín, ér yǎng yóuxiá sījiàn zhī shǔ. Jǔxíng rú cǐ, zhìqiáng bùkě dé yě.

故不相容之事，不兩立也。……廢敬上畏法之民，而養遊俠私劍之屬。舉行如此，治強不可得也。

故不相容之事，不两立也。……废敬上畏法之民，而养游侠私剑之属。举行如此，治强不可得也。

When the people are not engaged in agriculture and sericulture but instead give rein to their temper and travel about as bravados, disdaining and transgressing the laws and prohibitions, not following the instructions of the officials, it harms the king's transforming influence.

Six Secret Teachings, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on Ralph D. Sawyer's version

Mín yǒu bùshì nóngsāng, rènqì yóuxiá, fànlì fǎjìn, bùcóng lìjiào zhě, shāng wáng zhī huà.

民有不事農桑、任氣遊俠、犯歷法禁、不從吏教者，傷王之化。

民有不事农桑、任气游侠、犯历法禁、不从吏教者，伤王之化。


wolfwoman

A female werewolf or female lycanthrope.


transmorfo

/tɾɐ̃ʒˈmɔʁ.fu/

[tɾɐ̃ʒˈmɔχ.fu]

/tɾɐ̃ʒˈmɔɾ.fu/

(fantasy) shape-shifter (a person who can change his shape)


Thronie

From throne + -ie, referencing the television series Game of Thrones.

It takes a special breed of fan to get up early for a 12-hour Game of Thrones marathon, but it takes a true "Thronie" to do it the morning after a midnight screening of The Hunger Games.

2012, Graham Templeton, "This throne's for you", Metro (Vancouver), 23 March 2012 - 25 March 2012, page 4

Back then, hard-core Thronies were probably still playing “The Rains of Castamere” on their lutes, […]

2014 June 16, Melissa Maerz, “'Game of Thrones' review: All men truly must die”, in Entertainment Weekly:

A diehard Thronie, as fans of the television fantasy series sometimes call themselves, the student from the Indian city of Chennai chides her fellow fans to gather for a group photo with the intertwining, enclosing trees of the Dark Hedges, the location for a brief but memorable scene from the series, as background.

2014 July 4, Vincent Boland, “‘Game of Thrones’ brings fantastical footfall to Northern Ireland”, in Financial Times:

(fandom slang) A fan of the American fantasy drama television series Game of Thrones. or the novel series A Song of Ice and Fire it is based on.


dragonlord

"One whom the dragons will speak with," he said, "that is a dragonlord, or at least that is the center of the matter. It's not a trick of mastering the dragons, as most people think. Dragons have no masters. The question is always the same, with a dragon: will he talk to you or will he eat you? If you can count upon his doing the former, and not doing the latter, why then you're a dragonlord."

1970, Ursula K. Le Guin, The Tombs of Atuan:

(fantasy) One who has power over dragons.


underhalls

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ŵyll

wylliaid (plural)
ŵyll
hŵyll (prothesis-h)


Dragonballer

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Hello, Dragonballers,
This issue of JUMP has a pretty good picture of Goku on cover, with Goku in profile in gold. Here goes the summary : […]

1993 April 18, e77-cg, “Dragonball Z Summary (comic)”, in rec.arts.anime (Usenet):

The Moonies and the Dragonballers aren't minorities; they're as large or larger than any other group of animeniacs you're going to find.

1995 December 12, Sea Wasp [username], “Re: Too Many SM/DB posts! ARRGGHH!!!”, in rec.arts.anime (Usenet):

Expect to see Trekkies, Whovians and Potterheads co-mingling with Cumberbitches, Batmaniacs and Dragonballers.

2014, Lily Lieberman, "Techies and Trekkies Unite at Geek's Night Out", College Times, Volume 13, Issue 12, 13 February 2014 - 26 February 2014, page 19

(fandom slang) A fan of the manga and anime franchise Dragon Ball.


Dracula sneeze

From a likening of the positioning of the arm during such a sneeze to stereotypical depictions of the fictional vampire Dracula holding one side of his cape over his face, specifically from Bela Lugosi in Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) and Tom Mason (double for Lugosi) in Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959).

Wang also encouraged the use of the "Dracula sneeze," or sneezing into the crease of your elbow as you bring your arm to your face.

2009 September 9, Patrick Cowles, “H1N1 plagues campuses”, in The Daily Titan, volume 85, number 4, California State University, Fullerton, page 3:

Regarding prevention, the school has begun encouraging sick community members to use the “Dracula sneeze,” sneezing into their elbows to avoid getting germs on their hands and then onto doorknobs and plumbing fixtures.

2009, Jeremy B. Merrill & Russell M. Page, "Swine Flu Hogs Campus Spotlight", The Claremont Port Side (Claremont Colleges), Volume 7, Issue 1, October 2009, page 7

Use a closed fist or assume the Dracula sneeze pose to temper germ transmission.

2011, Phineas Mollod, Jason Tesauro, The Modern Gentleman, 2nd Edition: A Guide to Essential Manners, Savvy, and Vice, Ten Speed Press, →ISBN, page 177:

(informal) The act of sneezing into the crook of one's elbow so as to help prevent the spread of germs.

Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
Bela Lugosi
Dracula
Plan 9 from Outer Space
Tom Mason (actor, born 1920)


little folk

(fantasy) Small magical humanoid creatures, such as elves, leprechauns, and fairies.


truyền thuyết

[t͡ɕwiən˨˩ tʰwiət̚˧˦]

[ʈwiəŋ˦˩ tʰwiək̚˦˧˥]

[ʈ⁽ʷ⁾iəŋ˨˩ tʰ⁽ʷ⁾iək̚˦˥]


Krampus

A beast in the folklore of Alpine countries, said to punish misbehaving children during the Christmas season.


Zauberei

de-noun

Zauberei f (genitive Zauberei, plural Zaubereien)

Zauberei (genitive)
Zaubereien (plural)
Zauberei (nominative singular)
Zaubereien (definite nominative plural)
Zauberei (genitive singular)
Zaubereien (definite genitive plural)
Zauberei (dative singular)
Zaubereien (dative definite plural)
Zauberei (accusative singular)
Zaubereien (accusative definite plural)

/t͡saʊ̯bəˈʁaɪ̯/

Zauber (“magic, enchantment”) + -ei (“-y”).


smallfolk

(fantasy, mythology) Small humanoid creatures, such as gnomes and halflings.


silfo

eo-head

silfo (accusative singular silfon, plural silfoj, accusative plural silfojn)

silfon (accusative singular)
silfoj (plural)
silfojn (accusative plural)


silfo

pt-noun

silfo m (plural silfos, feminine sílfide, feminine plural sílfides)

silfos (plural)
sílfide (feminine)
sílfides (feminine plural)

(mythology) sylph (the elemental being of air)


Asgardian

(Norse mythology) an inhabitant of Asgard


Asgardian

en-adj

Asgardian (comparative more Asgardian, superlative most Asgardian)

more Asgardian (comparative)
most Asgardian (superlative)


魔法使い

ja-noun

魔(ま)法(ほう)使(つか)い • (mahōtsukai) ^(←まはふつかひ (mafafutukafi)?)

魔法使い (canonical)
mahōtsukai (romanization)
mafafutukafi (romanization)
まはふつかひ (hiragana historical)

Compound of 魔(ま)法(ほう) (mahō, “magic”) + 使(つか)い (tsukai, “user”).

ja-compound

オズの魔法使い

1999 February 4, “ブラック・マジシャン [Black Magician]”, in Vol.1, Konami:

A magician with the ultimate attack and defense strength.

魔法使いとしては、攻撃力・守備力ともに最高クラス。

Mahōtsukai toshite wa, kōgekiryoku shubiryoku tomo ni saikō kurasu.

1999 July 5, “ラムーン [LaMoon]”, in BOOSTER 3, Konami:

A magician who lives on the moon. She enchants opponents with magical power harnessed from the moon.

月に住む魔法使い。月の持つ魔力で相手を魅了する。

Tsuki ni sumu mahōtsukai. Tsuki no motsu maryoku de aite o miryō suru.

(fantasy, occult) a magic user, such as a magician, a wizard, a sorcerer, a mage, etc.


Weasleycest

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Unlike Weasleycest, which has spread across the fandom like kudzu, Malfoycest has always been more difficult to find, and its writers a bit more secretive.

2007, Catherine Tosenberger, "Potterotics: Harry Potter Fanfiction On The Internet", dissertation submitted to the University of Florida, page 151

Although, in Weasleycest, incestuous stories with all members and possible pairings engaging in sexual acts can be found, the most popular pairing by far is George and his twin Fred.

2010, Sigrid Sindhuber, "Slashing Harry Potter: The phenomenon of border-transgression in fan fiction", thesis submitted to the University of Vienna, page 93

And if you just want to come reminisce about the glory days of Weasleycest and your early exposure to Flowers in the Attic, that’s fine too!

2012, "Family Relationships in Fanfic [Keeping It in the Family]", Wincon 2012 programme, page 21

(fandom slang) Any ship involving members of the Weasley family from the Harry Potter series in an incestuous relationship.


secondary world

en-noun

secondary world (plural secondary worlds)

Coined by J. R. R. Tolkien in his 1947 essay "On Fairy-Stories".

What really happens is that the story-maker proves a successful 'sub-creator'. He makes a Secondary World which your mind can enter. Inside it, what he relates is 'true': it accords with the laws of that world. You therefore believe it, while you are, as it were, inside. The moment disbelief arises, the spell is broken; the magic, or rather art, has failed. You are then out in the Primary World again, looking at the little abortive Secondary World from outside.

1947, J.R.R. Tolkien, “On Fairy-Stories”, in Essays Presented to Charles Williams, page 60:

From beginning to end of the fiction we are in the secondary world.

1982, Frederick M. Burelbach, “An Introduction to Naming in the Literature of Fantasy”, in Literary Onomastics Studies, volume 9, number 11, archived from the original on 2021-05-16, page 133:

The girls stress the internal logic of the Secondary World as the crucial point for fantasy pleasure. Mastering the elaborate structure of the Secondary World is part and parcel of the reader's quest to experience a text such as Harry Potter, although the central hero would identify the text as masculine.

2004, Holly Virginia Blackford, “It's Like a Fantasy World”, in Out of this World: Why Literature Matters to Girls, Teachers College Press, →ISBN, page 48:

The world to which the protagonist belongs is the 'primary' or 'domestic' world. The secondary world is often a binary opposite of the primary world; an inverse, or mirror-image of the consensual reality of the text.

2012, Jane Suzanne Carroll, “The Sanctuary Topos”, in Landscape in Children's Literature, Routledge, →ISBN, page 26:

(fantasy) An internally consistent, fictional, fantasy world or setting that is different from the real "primary world".


low fantasy

low fantasy (countable and uncountable, plural low fantasies)

Fantasy fiction has been categorized and described in different ways. One classification divides fantasy into two major types: low fantasy, which takes place in the primary world (our world); high fantasy, which takes place in alternative worlds.

2008, Nikki Gamble, Sally Yates, “Fantasy and Realism”, in Exploring Children's Literature, →ISBN, page 120:

(uncountable) A subgenre of fantasy fiction set in the primary or real world as opposed to a secondary or fantasy world.


primary world

Now, this secondary world can be made to stand entirely on its own, so that there is no primary world in the fiction and the only reference points to the real world are those the reader brings with him or forges for himself. This is generally the case with what is commonly called "high" fantasy, such as J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings.

1982, Frederick M. Burelbach, “An Introduction to Naming in the Literature of Fantasy”, in Literary Onomastics Studies, volume 9, number 11, archived from the original on 2021-05-16, page 132:

Fantasy fiction has been categorized and described in different ways. One classification divides fantasy into two major types:¶ low fantasy, which takes place in the primary world (our world);¶ high fantasy, which takes place in alternative worlds.

(fantasy) The real world of the reader or viewer, as opposed to the imaginary "secondary world" of a work of fiction.


non-mimetic fiction

In the nineteenth century, the sustained metaphors of sf—non-mimetic fiction—were reconceived with the aid of science, the same science that Arthur Miller quails before today.

1976, Alexei Panshin, Cory Panshin, “The World Beyond the Hill”, in SF in Dimension: A Book of Explorations, →ISBN, page 50:

Instead of requiring to be persuaded that the heterocosmic construction is as perfect a simulacrum of the primary world as can reasonably be contrived, the readers of non-mimetic fiction require to be persuaded that world within a text is plausible and interesting in spite of its marked differences from the primary world: differences that might pertain, as a set, uniquely to the world within a particular text.

2007, Brian Stableford, Heterocosms, →ISBN, page 195:

The first magazine solely devoted to horror was the long-running pulp Weird Tales (1923–54), where Lovecraft and his disciples published much of their work. their very appearance in this magazine has been held as a mark against them, but it was at this juncture that the supernatural (even in the form of the innocuous Christmas ghost story) became generally banished from mainstream periodicals, so that these writers had no other markets to peddle their wares. Whether the existence of the pulp magazines engendered this banishment, or whether changes in literary fashion triggered the scorning of non-mimetic fiction from mainstream magazines, is a question that has not been satisfactorily answered.

2009, Sunand Tryambak Joshi, Junk Fiction, →ISBN, page 197:

Fiction not based on reality; fiction set in a fictional fantasy world that does not exist.


לווייתן

he-noun

לִוְיָתָנִים

לווייתן / לִוְיָתָן • (livyatán) m (plural indefinite לווייתנים / לִוְיָתָנִים)

לִוְיָתָן (canonical)
livyatán (romanization)
לווייתנים (indefinite plural)
לִוְיָתָנִים (indefinite plural)

Perhaps a compound of לִוְיָה (livyá, “garland, wreath”) + -תָּן (-tan, agentive suffix), meaning “the tortuous one”; in any case likely related to the root Hebrew לוה (“wind, turn, twist”). Likely also related to Ugaritic 𐎍𐎚𐎐 (ltn).


minotauro

(Greek mythology, fantasy) minotaur (monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man)


varinha mágica

pt-noun

varinha mágica f (plural varinhas mágicas)

(fantasy) magic wand (stick used to perform magic)


tapete mágico

tapete mágico m (plural tapetes mágicos)

(fantasy) magic carpet (a carpet capable of magical flight)


kentaurs

kentaurs (nominative singular)
kentauri (nominative plural)
kentauru (accusative singular)
kentaurus (accusative plural)
kentaura (genitive singular)
kentauru (genitive plural)
kentauram (dative singular)
kentauriem (dative plural)
kentauru (instrumental singular)
kentauriem (instrumental plural)
kentaurā (locative singular)
kentauros (locative plural)
kentaur (singular vocative)
kentauri (plural vocative)


Poudlard

Coined by Jean-François Ménard in Harry Potter à l'école des sorciers (1998), his translation of J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (1997). From pou (“louse”) + lard (“bacon”), based on Hogwarts (hog + wart).

Au collège Poudlard, on apprend la magie avec les manuels de Bathilda Tourdesac ou d’Adalbert Lasornette

1999, Marion Festraëts, Le triomphe de Harry Potter: L'Express:

At Hogwarts school, you learn magic with textbooks by Bathilda Bagshot or Adalbert Waffling

En clair, l’élite des pédagogues de Poudlard décide d’envoyer un mineur à une mort certaine.

2005, Serge Tisseron, Cruauté ordinaire: Le Monde diplomatique:

To put it plainly, the elite of Hogwarts teachers decide to send a minor to a certain death.

La "cape d’invisibilité" de l’apprenti sorcier pourrait bien un jour sortir des murs de l’école de sorcellerie Poudlard et se voir transposée dans notre réalité.

2012, Des physiciens conçoivent une cape d'"invisibilité temporelle": Le Monde:

The apprentice wizard's "invisibility cloak" could one day leave the walls of the school of sorcery Hogwarts and see itself transposed into our reality.

S’il n’y avait la mosquée jouxtant le bâtiment principal, on pourrait se croire à Poudlard, l’école de Harry Potter.

2013, Fabrice Tassel, Pakistan : Une école pour briser le silence: Libération:

If it weren't for the mosque adjoining the main building, one might think one was at Hogwarts, Harry Potter's school.

Hogwarts, the fictional school of magic in the Harry Potter series


єдиноріг

uk-noun

єдинорі́г • (jedynoríh) m animal (genitive єдиноро́га, nominative plural єдиноро́ги, genitive plural єдиноро́гів)

єдинорі́г (canonical)
jedynoríh (romanization)
єдиноро́га (genitive)
єдиноро́ги (nominative plural)
єдиноро́гів (genitive plural)
єдинорі́г (nominative singular)
єдиноро́ги (nominative plural)
єдиноро́га (genitive singular)
єдиноро́гів (genitive plural)
єдиноро́гові (dative singular)
єдиноро́гу (dative singular)
єдиноро́гам (dative plural)
єдиноро́га (accusative singular)
єдиноро́ги (accusative plural)
єдиноро́гів (accusative plural)
єдиноро́гом (instrumental singular)
єдиноро́гами (instrumental plural)
єдиноро́гові (locative singular)
єдиноро́гу (locative singular)
єдиноро́гах (locative plural)
єдиноро́же (singular vocative)
єдиноро́ги (plural vocative)

єди́ний (jedýnyj) + -о- (-o-) + ріг (rih)


trasgo

(Iberian folklore, mythology, fantasy) a mischievous mythological creature similar to a goblin or kobold found in legends of Portugal and Spain (viz. Iberia proper)


trasgo

Unknown. Possible etymologies include:
* from Latin trādux (“vine branch”), in the nominative (semantic connection is nebulous, possibly from the creatures hiding in vineyards in some folk legends);
* from Old Galician-Portuguese transfegar (“to transfigure, to transfuse”), from Latin transfigurare, relating to the creature's ability to shapeshift;
* from Ancient Greek τράγος (trágos, “male goat, lechery”), relating to mischief, its small stature, and other hircine attributes;
* from Old Italian strega (“witch, hag”), from Latin striga (“evil spirit, witch, etc.”).
* from a Gothic term for a goblin-like creature, introduced or reinforced during the Visigothic/Suebian period via Germanic folklore.
* from Old Spanish trasgreer or trasgueir (“make mischief”) (first attested in c. 15th century), from Latin transgredi, likewise referring to its mischievous nature. In which case, cognate to English transgress.

der

Tras de las exigencias de la bruja vinieron como era natural las de los trasgos.

1864, Meliton Martin, Pónos, part 2, page 31:

As was natural, after the demands of the witch came those of the goblins.

(Iberian folklore, mythology, fantasy) a mischievous mythological creature similar to a goblin, imp, or kobold found in legends of Portugal and Spain, with varying descriptions


dračice

cs-noun

dračice f (male equivalent drak, related adjective dračičí)

drak (masculine)
dračičí (adjective)
dračice (nominative singular)
dračice (nominative plural)
dračice (genitive singular)
dračic (genitive plural)
dračici (dative singular)
dračicím (dative plural)
dračici (accusative singular)
dračice (accusative plural)
dračice (singular vocative)
dračice (plural vocative)
dračici (locative singular)
dračicích (locative plural)
dračicí (instrumental singular)
dračicemi (instrumental plural)


tágide

From Latin Tagus. The term was coined by André de Resende.

1572, Luís Vaz de Camões, Os Lusíadas, 1st canto

(Portuguese mythology) a water nymph dwelling in the Tagus river


Qoa

(mythology) a giant cat who lives in the springs of the High Andes and is said to produce rain and hail


nhân mã

[ɲən˧˧ maː˦ˀ˥]

[ɲəŋ˧˧ maː˧˨]

[ɲəŋ˧˧ maː˨˩˦]

(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) centaur


merfamily

"The land fairies say the pollution in the cove has been making all the sea creatures sick. I imagine that includes the merfamily. […]

2008, Donna Varnes, The Cove, Xulon Press, →ISBN, page 271:

Internally, the floor had been built up with flat rocks, therefore, even at high tide, it never contained more than two feet of water, and in the evening the entrance was always damned up by large boulders so that any incoming water did not disturb the sleeping merfamily.

2012, Annie McLeod, Man or Beast, Glass Jar Publishing (2012), page 54

To visit the undersea realm of Artur, the High Prince, and the rest of the royal merfamily, she has to fin it to the Cayman Islands.

2012, MaryJanice Davidson, Swimming Without a Net, Jove (2007), back cover blurb


merfriend

“I told you that you are the best merfriend ever. Let's go sit with her and make her feel at home.”

2012, Debbie Dadey, Trouble at Trident Academy, Aladdin, →ISBN, page 76:

Helen asked Eleni, “Would you like to join me and my merfriends on an adventure?”

2014, Despina Karfis, The Magical Pool, Trafford Publishing, →ISBN, page 7:

“I love singing, and I'm pretty good says my, umm, merfriend, if that's even a word.”

2015, Jillian Verbicky, The Tail of an Angel, Xlibris, →ISBN:


merkid

Here's hoping they get married and spend their days swimming in the sun, merkids in tow.

2009, "Q&A with Aimee Friedman", in Aimee Friedman, Ocean of Secrets, Scholastic Children's Books (2012), unnumbered page

Humpback whales were huge. All they had to do to swallow a mermaid was open their gigantic mouths wide. She was the smallest merkid in their class.

2012, Debbie Dadey, Whale of a Tale, Aladdin, →ISBN, pages 16–17:

Every merkid in the entire gymnasium seemed to be holding their breaths.

2015, Janet Gurtler, Cora's Decision, Stone Arch Books, →ISBN, page 30:


merwitch

[…] You see, we have been hunting the merwitch's slimy giant eel for many years now and always fall short of destroying it. […]

2013, Jessica Eppley, The Book of Siavon: Vol. 2: The Tail of Murias, Booktango:

"Sharks are unique, temperamental, always have been. Now they're under the control of Calandra, a particularly nasty merwitch whose goal is to rule the oceans."

2013, Missy Fleming, Into the Deep, Fire and Ice, →ISBN, page 59:

The merwitch slowly opened her eyes.

2014, Mary Man-Kong, Magical Mermaid Adventure, Random House Children's Books, →ISBN:


mersister

In the 2008 Broadway version of The Little Mermaid, the song, by Alan Menken (music) and Howard Ashman (lyric), was also performed by the mermaids (or mersisters).

2009, Thomas S. Hischak, Mark A. Robinson, The Disney Song Encyclopedia, The Scarecrow Press, →ISBN, page 40:

Remember, these are the people who kidnapped us and were going to cut out mine^([sic]) and my mersisters' vocal cords!

2012, Robert E. Thornsberry, The Accidental Mermaid, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 206:

Now that the mersisters were gone, that seemed more important than ever.

2013, Catherine Hapka, Mermaids in the Backyard, Random House, →ISBN, page 75:

(fantasy) The female sibling of a merperson.


huyền thoại

[hwiəŋ˦˩ tʰwaːj˨˩ʔ]

[wiəŋ˨˩ tʰ⁽ʷ⁾aːj˨˩˨]


центавр

ru-noun+

цента́вр • (centávr) m anim (genitive цента́вра, nominative plural цента́вры, genitive plural цента́вров)

цента́вр (canonical)
centávr (romanization)
цента́вра (genitive)
цента́вры (nominative plural)
цента́вров (genitive plural)
цента́вр (nominative singular)
цента́вры (nominative plural)
цента́вра (genitive singular)
цента́вров (genitive plural)
цента́вру (dative singular)
цента́врам (dative plural)
цента́вра (accusative singular)
цента́вров (accusative plural)
цента́вром (instrumental singular)
цента́врами (instrumental plural)
цента́вре (prepositional singular)
цента́врах (plural prepositional)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κένταυρος (kéntauros).

bor+

цента́връ — Pre-reform orthography (1918)


центавр

uk-noun

цента́вр<pr>

цента́вр • (centávr) m pers (genitive цента́вра, nominative plural цента́ври, genitive plural цента́врів)

цента́вр (canonical)
centávr (romanization)
цента́вра (genitive)
цента́ври (nominative plural)
цента́врів (genitive plural)
цента́вр (nominative singular)
цента́ври (nominative plural)
цента́вра (genitive singular)
цента́врів (genitive plural)
цента́врові (dative singular)
цента́вру (dative singular)
цента́врам (dative plural)
цента́вра (accusative singular)
цента́врів (accusative plural)
цента́вром (instrumental singular)
цента́врами (instrumental plural)
цента́врові (locative singular)
цента́врі (locative singular)
цента́врах (locative plural)
цента́вре (singular vocative)
цента́ври (plural vocative)

uk-ndecl

цента́вр<pr>

(dated, Greek mythology) centaur (a mythical creature, half man, half horse)


egipã

(Classical mythology) aegipan (goat-like creature resembling a satyr)


Tứ Linh

[tɨ˧˦ lïŋ˧˧]

[tɨ˨˩˦ lɨn˧˧]

[tɨ˦˥ lɨn˧˧]

LL-Q9199 (vie)-Penn Zero MSSJ-Tứ Linh.wav

Sino-Vietnamese word from 四靈, 四 (“four”) and 靈 (“spirit”).

vi-etym-sino

the Four Holy Beasts, including Long (“Dragon”), Lân (“Vietnamese Qilin”), Quy (“Turtle”) and Phụng/Phượng (“Male Fenghuang”)


китоврас

ru-noun+

китовра́с • (kitovrás) m anim (genitive китовра́са, nominative plural китовра́сы, genitive plural китовра́сов)

китовра́с (canonical)
kitovrás (romanization)
китовра́са (genitive)
китовра́сы (nominative plural)
китовра́сов (genitive plural)
китовра́с (nominative singular)
китовра́сы (nominative plural)
китовра́са (genitive singular)
китовра́сов (genitive plural)
китовра́су (dative singular)
китовра́сам (dative plural)
китовра́са (accusative singular)
китовра́сов (accusative plural)
китовра́сом (instrumental singular)
китовра́сами (instrumental plural)
китовра́се (prepositional singular)
китовра́сах (plural prepositional)

Inherited from Old East Slavic китоврасъ (kitovrasŭ), ultimately from Ancient Greek κένταυρος (kéntauros).

inh+

(mythology) a mythical creature in the East Slavic mythology similar to centaur


vòi rồng

[vɔj˨˩ zəwŋ͡m˨˩]

[vɔj˦˩ ʐəwŋ͡m˦˩]

[vɔj˨˩ ɹəwŋ͡m˨˩]

[jɔj˨˩ ɹəwŋ͡m˨˩]

Probably a calque of Chinese 龍捲／龙卷 (long quyển, literally “dragon roll”), equivalent to vòi (“hose; tube”) + rồng (“dragon”). Compare Japanese 竜巻 (tatsumaki).


nghê

Sino-Vietnamese word from 猊, contracted from Chinese 狻猊 (Toan Nghê), one of the 龍生九子／龙生九子 (Long sinh cửu tử, “Nine sons of the dragon”).

a creature that has the traits of a dog and a lion, serves as a guardian of temples, similar to a Chinese guardian lion


Steroline

(fandom slang) The romantic pairing of the characters Stefan Salvatore and Caroline Forbes from the American television series The Vampire Diaries.


mindlock

(fantasy, science fiction) A magic spell or technology that restricts a person's ability to think freely.


Bangel

My only hope at this point is that SMG refuses to appear on Angel in the future, thus saving us from the inevitable Bangel ending for that series.

2003 May 14, Chris Zabel, “Re: How Does Joss Whedon Feel...”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer (Usenet):

She never seemed to have any trouble writing Bangel or Spuffy scenes.

2004 November 1, EBailey140 [username], “Re: What is it about Riley...”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer (Usenet):

And we get Andrew's definitive judgement on the Bangel versus Spuffy controversy, […]

2009 March 13, Stephen Tempest, “Review of BtVS 8.23 'Predators and Prey”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer (Usenet):

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Buffy Summers and Angel from the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.


Spuffy

In contrast, the Spuffy 'shipper may be an older, more highly-educated career professional, but she must use the Internet to access the fanfiction she desires to read, because it is not available anywhere else.

2013, Mary Kirby-Diaz, “Ficcers and 'Shippers: A Love Story”, in Jennifer K. Stuller, editor, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Intellect Books, →ISBN, page 44:

Spuffy—as Spike/Buffy are often called—changed all that.

2013, Michelle Sagara West, “For The Love Of Riley”, in Glenn Yeffeth, editor, Seven Seasons of Buffy: Science Fiction and Fantasy Authors Discuss Their Favorite Television Show, BenBella Books, →ISBN, page 71:

Relations between these viewers – who had come to self-identify as 'Spike-Buffy relationship fans' or 'Spuffy shippers' for short – and the writers of the show reached their nadir at the end of season six, when the writers decided to show the Spuffy shippers just how wrong they were by writing a scene in which Spike attempts to rape Buffy: […]

2014, Joseph Crawford, The Twilight of the Gothic?: Vampire Fiction and the Rise of the Paranormal Romance, University of Wales Press, →ISBN, pages 129–130:

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Spike and Buffy Summers from the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.


undercity

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-undercity.wav


serpopard

(Egyptian mythology, Mesopotamian mythology) A mythical animal resembling a serpent-necked leopard, known from Ancient Egyptian and Mesopotamian depictions.


serpopard

(Egyptian mythology, Mesopotamian mythology) serpopard (a mythical animal resembling a serpent-necked leopard, known from Ancient Egyptian and Mesopotamian depictions)


serpopard

serpopard (nominative singular)
serpopardy (nominative plural)
serpoparda (genitive singular)
serpopardów (genitive plural)
serpopardowi (dative singular)
serpopardom (dative plural)
serpoparda (accusative singular)
serpopardy (accusative plural)
serpopardem (instrumental singular)
serpopardami (instrumental plural)
serpopardzie (locative singular)
serpopardach (locative plural)
serpopardzie (singular vocative)
serpopardy (plural vocative)


babbano

it-noun

babbano m (plural babbani, feminine babbana)


wiedźma

wiedźma (nominative singular)
wiedźmy (nominative plural)
wiedźmy (genitive singular)
wiedźm (genitive plural)
wiedźmie (dative singular)
wiedźmom (dative plural)
wiedźmę (accusative singular)
wiedźmy (accusative plural)
wiedźmą (instrumental singular)
wiedźmami (instrumental plural)
wiedźmie (locative singular)
wiedźmach (locative plural)
wiedźmo (singular vocative)
wiedźmy (plural vocative)

(occult) hag, hex, witch (sorceress, enchantress)


adlet

Adlets are wont to hunt on all fours, and so were born stories of giant black dogs that accost travelers.

2006, Aaron Rosenberg, Various, Chosen RPG, Impressions, →ISBN:

An adlet is part-human and part-canine, […]. They can be cannibals, eating other dogs. When they first hunt prey they go for the victim's throat and drink the fresh blood.

2012, Lisa Regan, Vampires, Werewolves and Zombies, Amber Books Ltd, →ISBN, page 71:

... that one of their ancestors has been married to a dog and that they have canine blood in their veins. This does not mean, of course, that they can transform themselves into an Adlet or that they enjoy any special protection from its attentions.

2016, Dr. Bob Curran, Andy Paciorek, The Carnival Of Dark Dreams, →ISBN, page 56:

"We could mate with humans, but then we'd have to expose our existence, and there's no guarantee that the baby will be an adlet." She cleared her throat. "Of course, I'd love a human baby just as much as an adlet, but we need more halflings […]"
[…]
The dogs mated with other dogs and stayed in their canine form, but the halflings mated with both humans and dogs and so the adlets continued to spread across the land, always evolving. Some adlet families are more human than dog, ...

2019, Laura Greenwood, Skye MacKinnon, Under the Ice, Peryton Press:

(cryptozoology, mythology) A cryptid in Inuit mythology and folklore in Canada and Greenland, a tall, dog-legged humanoid (sometimes identified with inland Native Americans).


Γελλώ

grc-proper noun

Γελλώ • (Gellṓ) f (genitive Γελλοῦς); third declension

Gellṓ (romanization)
Γελλοῦς (genitive)
ἡ Γελλώ (nominative singular)
τῆς Γελλοῦς (genitive singular)
τῇ Γελλοῖ (dative singular)
τὴν Γελλώ (accusative singular)
Γελλοῖ (singular vocative)

Perhaps from Akkadian 𒂵𒀠𒇻𒌑 (ga-al-lu-ú, gallû), 𒋼𒇲 (GAL₅.LÁ, gallû, “Gallu”), a word from the Assyro-Babylonian religion perhaps related to ghoul, as a demonic revenant who brings sickness and death, from Sumerian 𒋼𒇲 (GAL₅.LÁ, galla, “demon; constable”).

der

Γέλλως παιδοφιλωτέρα·

630 BCE – 570 BCE, Sappho, Collected Works 47

3rd century BCE, Erinna, SHell. 401.41

Cyranides 2.31.21

τὴν Γελλὼ τὴν πνίγουσαν τὰ βρέφη καὶ τὰς λεχοὺς ἐνοχλοῦσαν

tḕn Gellṑ tḕn pnígousan tà bréphē kaì tàs lekhoùs enokhloûsan

c. 117 CE – 138 CE, Zenobius, The Proverbs of Zenobius 3.3

Gello (a kind of vampiress, demoness, or goblin supposed to carry off young children and cause infertility)

Assyro-Babylonian religion
Gallu
Martin Litchfield West
Walter Burkert


earth-drake

From Middle English *erthedrake, from Old English eorþdraca, equivalent to earth + drake (“dragon”).

(Anglo-Saxon mythology, fantasy) Alternative form of earthdrake


battlemage

(fantasy) A wizard specializing in close magical combat.

(fantasy roleplaying games) Someone proficient in fighting with both melee weapons and offensive magic.


gajowy

gajowy (nominative singular)
gajowi (nominative plural)
gajowego (genitive singular)
gajowych (genitive plural)
gajowemu (dative singular)
gajowym (dative plural)
gajowego (accusative singular)
gajowych (accusative plural)
gajowym (instrumental singular)
gajowymi (instrumental plural)
gajowym (locative singular)
gajowych (locative plural)
gajowy (singular vocative)
gajowi (plural vocative)

(nominalized) leshy (male woodland spirit in Slavic mythology who protects wild animals and forests)


chochlik

chochlik (nominative singular)
chochliki (nominative plural)
chochlika (genitive singular)
chochlików (genitive plural)
chochlikowi (dative singular)
chochlikom (dative plural)
chochlika (accusative singular)
chochliki (accusative plural)
chochlikiem (instrumental singular)
chochlikami (instrumental plural)
chochliku (locative singular)
chochlikach (locative plural)
chochliku (singular vocative)
chochliki (plural vocative)

Perhaps borrowed from Belarusian хо́хлік (xóxlik).

bor+

(informal) mistake in written text, typo


provizo

Attested since 1370. Perhaps from Latin provisus (“foreseen”)

(Iberian folklore, mythology, fantasy) goblin, imp


Voldemortish

en-adj

Voldemortish (comparative more Voldemortish, superlative most Voldemortish)

more Voldemortish (comparative)
most Voldemortish (superlative)

The last reel is buoyed by the deliciously hammy tones of David Bowie, who voices the Voldemortish villain.

2007 January 18, Al Hoff, “Arthur and the Invisibles”, in Pittsburgh City Paper:

The villain, Red Skull, is a scary character, not to mention seriously ugly in a noseless, Voldemortish way.

2011 July 31, Jane Horwitz, “Family Filmgoer”, in The Boston Globe:

There was little that could be done to make Diablo appear less frightening. He had a haircut, and now wore Justin Bieber-like bangs covering his horns. He wore a button-down shirt and dark slacks. But no amount of concealer was going to hide the tattoos covering his entire face, or reconstruct the Voldemortish nostrils.

2013, Allison Leotta, chapter 49, in Speak of the Devil, New York: Pocket Books, published 2015, →ISBN, page 351:

Having similar traits to the fictional evil wizard Voldemort from the Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling.


Voldemortian

Voldemortian (comparative more Voldemortian, superlative most Voldemortian)

more Voldemortian (comparative)
most Voldemortian (superlative)

A twenty-seven year-old screenwriter stepped up to the table. Josh reached into the carry on and pulled out a bottle containing an anti-psychotic medication.
"Sorry, I have to confiscate this." He tossed it into the trash bin.
Seven hours later, over the Pacific Ocean, the screenwriter would notice that his fellow passengers had begun to morph in a strangely Voldemortian way.
"Snakes on the plane!" he would scream, "Snakes on the plane!"

2007, Steven F. Lott, “Blunt Weapon”, in It Came from Airport Security, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 40:

There is one man whose reputation – amazingly – has been burnished by the disaster of the past few weeks; one man who is still sought after by society hostesses; one man whose every silken Voldemortian utterance is still taken down, with reverence, by the political journalists.

2010 May 3, Boris Johnson, “General Election 2010: Gordon Brown is a goner - bring on Peter Mandelson”, in The Telegraph:

As a vegetable product, it was favored as a healthier option than animal fats (a view that went downhill when transfats became viewed with Voldemortian horror, then flipped again when Crisco got a nearly transfat-free new formula.)

2011 April 2, Rebekah Denn, “Crisco is still a good thing, sometimes”, in The Seattle Times: