jøtun

jøtunen (definite singular)
jøtnar (indefinite plural)
jøtnane (definite plural)

Semi-learned borrowing from Old Norse jǫtunn, from Proto-Germanic *etunaz. Doublet of jøtul, jutul.

slbor

(Norse mythology) alternative form of jøtul (“jotun”)


Twitard

From twilight + -tard, after the pattern of Twihard.

If I go missing, please reference this, as Twitards have more than likely kidnapped me, all because I seem to be the one person on the planet not to understand the vampire hype.

2010, Felicia Mancini, “2009: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly”, in View Magazine, 7 January - 13 January 2010 issue:

(slang, derogatory) An avid fan of Stephenie Meyer's Twilight book series or the associated films.


drakons

drakons (nominative singular)
drakoni (nominative plural)
drakonu (accusative singular)
drakonus (accusative plural)
drakona (genitive singular)
drakonu (genitive plural)
drakonam (dative singular)
drakoniem (dative plural)
drakonu (instrumental singular)
drakoniem (instrumental plural)
drakonā (locative singular)
drakonos (locative plural)
drakon (singular vocative)
drakoni (plural vocative)

Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Latin dracō, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek δράκων (drákōn, “a serpent of huge size, a python, a dragon”), probably from δέρκομαι (dérkomai, “I see clearly”).

der

drakons ir klasisks tetovējums, vienlīdz populārs gan vīriešiem, gan sievietēm

the dragon is a classic tattoo, equally popular with men and with women

(mythology) dragon, winged serpent (reptilian monster that spits fire and devours people and animals)


wanderstar

From wander + star, probably a calque of German Wandelstern (“planet”). Compare the historic term wandering star, like the German term ultimately a calque from Ancient Greek.

He had thumbed about in Chants of a Wander-Star last night in bed and wondered about the career of that marginal versifier — born out of his proper time and now remembered by Ackley in an era even less proper.

1994, Ellen Datlow, Terri Windling, The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror:

A thin scythe of moon was rising, near the white wanderstar of dawn or dusk.

He passed gulls, terns, cormorants as if they were standing still. Now and then a wander-star crossed the heavens: one of the metal eyes the ancients hung over Alifros to spy on their enemies.

2009, Robert V. S. Redick, The Red Wolf Conspiracy:

(science fiction, fantasy) A wandering star or other similar heavenly body; a comet; meteor; planet.


veļu māte

veļu māte (nominative singular)
veļu mātes (nominative plural)
veļu māti (accusative singular)
veļu mātes (accusative plural)
veļu mātes (genitive singular)
veļu māšu (genitive plural)
veļu mātei (dative singular)
veļu mātēm (dative plural)
veļu māti (instrumental singular)
veļu mātēm (instrumental plural)
veļu mātē (locative singular)
veļu mātēs (locative plural)
veļu māte (singular vocative)
veļu mātes (plural vocative)

es redzēju veļu māti pa vārtiem ienākot

I saw the mother of the dead coming by the gate

(mythology) Latvian mythological being, usually with the form of an old woman, who guards the souls of the dead


mersnake

From mer- + snake. Compare Middle English mereneddre (“sea-snake, lamprey”), from Old English merenǣddra, merenǣddre, merenǣdre (“lamprey, sea snake”, literally “sea-adder”).


icedrake

Rearing back its awesome spined and crested head, the icedrake roared — in challenge, maybe, or in scorn of the little scraps of humankind who cowered beneath the shadow of its wings […]

1987, Peter Morwood, The Dragon Lord, Daw Books, →ISBN, page 38:

(fantasy) A dragon which breathes ice or has a freezing body temperature.


merdog

Lee drank a potion that helped him to breathe underwater. Beardy then told me I could turn into a merman and Holly could turn into a merdog (like in an old book I've written). So I soon turned into a merman and Holly turned into a merdog.

2010, Steven J. Butler, Jr., The Lost Worlds of Buckstevenson:

Rather than the flayed skin associated with the traditional saint, this Saint Bartholomew holds a sword or trident. Something rests beside his feet—it may be a demon, dolphin, or merdog. This creature is Bartholomew's messenger and servant.

2011, Judika Illes, Encyclopedia of Mystics, Saints & Sages:


dríade

Borrowed from Latin Dryadem, from Ancient Greek Δρυάς (Druás, “dryad, tree nymph”), from δρῦς (drûs, “tree”).


draculin

From Dracula + -in, named after Count Dracula.

(organic chemistry, zoology) A glycoprotein with anticoagulant properties, found in the saliva of vampire bats.


dríada

Learned borrowing from Latin Dryas, Dryadis, from Ancient Greek Δρυάς (Druás, “dryad”).


merlion

/ˈmɜːˌlaɪən/

/ˌmɜːˈlaɪən/

Merlion Park
Singapore River
Singapore Tourism Board

From mer- + lion; sense 1 promoted by the Singapore Tourism Board as the name of a statue installed at the mouth of the Singapore River on 15 September 1972.

In 1995, a second Merlion was built on the island of Sentosa. This new Merlion is actually a 37-metre high panoramic tower, from which it is possible to view mainland Singapore and the Straits of Singapore[…]. A new "ancient legend" was created for this creature with this tower. The legend alleged that the Merlion landed on Sentosa and saved Singapore from a storm. It would save Singapore again if the island ran into trouble (according to a film in the Merlion Tower). […] Some locals are upset by this fabrication. The STB [Singapore Tourism Board] maintains that the Merlion reflects the combination of Singapore's national animal (the lion) and Singapore being an island. Many Singaporeans have come to accept this mythical creature as a quintessential symbol of Singapore. To the unaware tourists, the product was packaged in a convincing manner, with the legend, film clip, and chronotopic dimensions of when and where the Merlion supposedly visited Singapore.

2002, Can-Seng Ooi, Cultural Tourism and Tourism Cultures: The Business of Mediating Experiences in Copenhagen and Singapore, Copenhagen: Copenhagen Business School Press, →ISBN, pages 109–110:

Like Changi Airport or the Merlion, Singlish is something that is quintessentially Singaporean. It is a dialect that everyone speaks and understands and is something that could provide the cornerstone for a unifying cultural identity.

2005, Neil Humphreys, chapter 11, in Notes from an Even Smaller Island: Singapore through a Young Brit’s Eyes, Singapore: Marshall Cavendish Editions, →ISBN, page 174:

Yeah, well, he went into a tourist shop, not the one with postcards and plastic Merlions. That one ah, the one in here for the towkays and businessmen for conference centres. They sell gold-plated Merlions, Eiffel Towers and Empire State Buildings, you know.

2015, Neil Humphreys, chapter 9, in Marina Bay Sins, Singapore: Marshall Cavendish Editions, →ISBN:

And in the fourteenth century / Because of Nila Utama's river mouth encounter with a merlion / The Lion City surged into being / And its people could travel the wide world

2015, Wong Yoon Wah, “Metamorphosis: Temasek”, in Jeremy Tiang, transl., edited by Gwee Li Sui with Tan Chee Lay, Sa'eda bte Buang, and Azhagiya Pandiyan, Singathology: 50 New Works by Celebrated Singaporean Writers, volume I (Life), Singapore: National Arts Council; Marshall Cavendish Editions, →ISBN, stanza 1 (Temasek):

At his favorite, familiar hotel on busy Orchard Road, he paid his fare, hefted his small bag and walked past the gorgeous garden with flowers and a fountain. Under the spray of water was a statue of the so-called merlion, the mythical beast that was the symbol of the tourist industry here. Its top half was a lion and the bottom half a fish. A couple of years ago, when he'd taken a stuffed merlion home to Lexi, she'd insisted on calling it Lion King Little Mermaid from her two favorite Disney movies at that time.

2016, Karen Harper, chapter 1, in Chasing Shadows (A South Shore Novel), Don Mills, Ont.: Harlequin MIRA, →ISBN:

(Singapore) Often Merlion: a symbolic creature having the head of a lion and the body of a fish, which is a national symbol of Singapore; an image, statue, or other depiction of this creature.


corkindrill

At this the bird became so nervous that it made a mess on Merlyn's head — the whole room was quite white with droppings — and flew off to perch on the farthest tip of the corkindrill's tail, out of reach.

1958, Terence White, The Once and Future King, page 26:

Still, he did give her a good price for the creature, selling it to her under the mistaken impression that it was a corkindrill. Well, of course it was not a corkindrill, although a genuine corkindrill (another of Irene's finds) had shared its crate for approximately fifteen years.

2000, Nancy Kilpatrick, Thomas Roche, Graven images, page 119:

Other beasts, too, roamed at their graceful will across the landscape: the ox and the wide-horned aurochs, the slouching camelopard, the corkindrill — each animal as fat as a burgher and similarly complacent.

2009, Roberta A. MacAvoy, Raphael, page 1:

A mythological reptilian monster of legend, identified with the crocodile.


ܬܢܝܢܐ

aii-proper-noun

ܬܲܢܝܼܢܵܐ • (tanīnā) m

ܬܲܢܝܼܢܵܐ (canonical)
tanīnā (romanization)

Root
 ܬ ܢ ܢ (t n n)
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From Aramaic תַּנִּינָא (tannīnā), from Akkadian 𒆗𒉌𒈾 (danninu, “netherworld; source of earthquakes; the inaccessible land where the dead remain”); compare also found in Arabic تِنِّين (tinnīn), Hebrew תַּנִּין (tanín), Ugaritic 𐎚𐎐𐎐 (tnn), Ge'ez ተመን (tämän), Tigrinya ተመን (tämän) and Amharic ተመን (tämän).


ܬܢܝܢܐ

head

ܬܢܝܢܐ • (tannīnā) m

From Akkadian 𒆗𒉌𒈾 (danninu, “netherworld; source of earthquakes; the inaccessible land where the dead remain”), ultimately from Proto-Semitic *dnn/*tnn (“to be mighty, to be strong; to be fortified, to be long lasting, to stay at a place; to rumble, to earthquake, to shake with a booming noise”). Also found as Jewish Palestinian Aramaic, Jewish Literary Aramaic, Jewish Babylonian Aramaic תַּנִּינָא (tannīnā), Arabic تِنِّين (tinnīn), Hebrew תַּנִּין (tannīn), Ugaritic 𐎚𐎐𐎐 (tnn), Ge'ez ተመን (tämän), Tigrinya ተመን (tämän), Amharic ተመን (tämän).


sellsword

One such warrior was Kothar, cast up by the sea in the northlands of his world, a sellsword and a mercenary, a wencher after the women of his day, a freebooter and a thief, at times, whose sword Frostfire was a magic sword.

1969, Gardner Francis Fox, “Prologue”, in Kothar: Barbarian Swordsman, reprinted in The First Kothar the Barbarian MEGAPACK, Wildside Press, published 2016, →ISBN:

Your profession always charges high and never guarantees their work. No sellsword would stay alive if he demanded a sorcerer's terms.

1982, Robert Lynn Asprin, “Exercise in Pain”, in Storm Season, →ISBN:

The sellsword scrambled backward, checking each blow, stepping lithely over rock and root, his eyes never leaving his foe. He was quicker, Catelyn saw; the knight's silvered sword never came near to touching him, but his own ugly grey blade hacked a notch from Ser Vadis's shoulder plate.

1996, George R. R. Martin, A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire), Bantam Books (2011), →ISBN, pages 367–368:

Bandit: It's those fool villagers...They think they can buy a bunch of sellswords to chase us away.

2005, Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance, "Chapter 1: The Battle Begins", developed by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo GameCube


მენცარი

ka-noun

მენცარი • (mencari) (plural მენცარები)

mencari (romanization)
მენცარები (plural)
მენცარი (nominative singular)
მენცარები (nominative plural)
მენცარნი (archaic nominative plural)
მენცარმა (ergative singular)
მენცარებმა (ergative plural)
მენცართ (archaic ergative plural)
მენცართ (archaic ergative plural)
მენცართაt) (archaic ergative plural)
მენცართაta) (archaic ergative plural)
მენცარს (dative singular)
მენცარს (dative singular)
მენცარსაs) (dative singular)
მენცარსაsa) (dative singular)
მენცარებს (dative plural)
მენცარებს (dative plural)
მენცარებსაs) (dative plural)
მენცარებსაsa) (dative plural)
მენცართ (archaic dative plural)
მენცართ (archaic dative plural)
მენცართაt) (archaic dative plural)
მენცართაta) (archaic dative plural)
მენცარის (genitive singular)
მენცარის (genitive singular)
მენცარისაs) (genitive singular)
მენცარისაsa) (genitive singular)
მენცარების (genitive plural)
მენცარების (genitive plural)
მენცარებისაs) (genitive plural)
მენცარებისაsa) (genitive plural)
მენცართ (archaic genitive plural)
მენცართ (archaic genitive plural)
მენცართაt) (archaic genitive plural)
მენცართაta) (archaic genitive plural)
მენცარით (instrumental singular)
მენცარით (instrumental singular)
მენცარითაt) (instrumental singular)
მენცარითაta) (instrumental singular)
მენცარებით (instrumental plural)
მენცარებით (instrumental plural)
მენცარებითაt) (instrumental plural)
მენცარებითაta) (instrumental plural)
მენცარად (adverbial singular)
მენცარად (adverbial singular)
მენცარადაd) (adverbial singular)
მენცარადაda) (adverbial singular)
მენცარებად (adverbial plural)
მენცარებად (adverbial plural)
მენცარებადაd) (adverbial plural)
მენცარებადაda) (adverbial plural)
მენცარო (singular vocative)
მენცარებო (plural vocative)
მენცარნო (archaic plural vocative)
-ზე (postpositional with-dative)
მენცარზე (singular)
მენცარებზე (plural)
-თან (postpositional with-dative)
მენცართან (singular)
მენცარებთან (plural)
-ში (postpositional with-dative)
მენცარში (singular)
მენცარებში (plural)
-ვით (postpositional with-dative)
მენცარივით (singular)
მენცარებივით (plural)
-თვის (postpositional with-genitive)
მენცარისთვის (singular)
მენცარებისთვის (plural)
-ებრ (postpositional with-genitive)
მენცარისებრ (singular)
მენცარებისებრ (plural)
-კენ (postpositional with-genitive)
მენცარისკენ (singular)
მენცარებისკენ (plural)
-გან (postpositional with-genitive)
მენცარისგან (singular)
მენცარებისგან (plural)
-დან (postpositional with-instrumental)
მენცარიდან (singular)
მენცარებიდან (plural)
-ურთ (postpositional with-instrumental)
მენცარითურთ (singular)
მენცარებითურთ (plural)
-მდე (postpositional with-adverb)
მენცარამდე (singular)
მენცარებამდე (plural)

→ Mingrelian: მენცარი (mencari)


cocangne

(Jersey) well spirit (creature that lives in wells and pulls unwary people in)


grifu

From Latin grȳphus, gryps, from Ancient Greek γρύψ (grúps).


ciclop

From Latin cyclōps, from Ancient Greek Κύκλωψ (Kúklōps, “Cyclops”).


griu

Inherited from Latin grȳphus, gryps, from Ancient Greek γρύψ (grúps). Doublet of grifó.

(heraldry) griffin (stylised representation)


ܐܬܠܝܐ

head

ʾāṯalyā, ʾāṯelyā, ʾaṯlīā

ܐܬܠܝܐ • (ʾāṯalyā, ʾāṯelyā, ʾaṯlīā) f

ʾāṯalyā (romanization)
ʾāṯelyā (romanization)
ʾaṯlīā (romanization)

From Akkadian 𒀭𒈪 (attalû [AN.MI]), ultimately from Sumerian.

(astronomy) name of a star, possibly Eltanin (Gamma Draconis)


ܐܠܝܬܐ

ܐܠܝܬܐ • (ʾallāytā) f (plural ܐܠܝܬܐ (ʾallāyāṯā), singular masculine counterpart ܐܠܝܐ (ʾallāyā))

ʾallāytā (romanization)
ܐܠܝܬܐ (plural)
ܐܠܝܐ (masculine singular)
ܐܠܝܐ (absolute singular)
ܐܠܝܢ (absolute plural)
ܐܠܝܬ (construct singular)
ܐܠܝܬ (construct plural)
ܐܠܝܬܐ (emphatic singular)
ܐܠܝܬܐ (emphatic plural)
ܐܠܝܬܝ (common-gender first-person possessive singular)
ܐܠܝܬܟ (masculine possessive second-person singular)
ܐܠܝܬܟܝ (feminine possessive second-person singular)
ܐܠܝܬܗ (masculine possessive singular third-person)
ܐܠܝܬܗ (feminine possessive singular third-person)
ܐܠܝܬܢ (common-gender first-person plural possessive)
ܐܠܝܬܟܘܢ (masculine plural possessive second-person)
ܐܠܝܬܟܝܢ (feminine plural possessive second-person)
ܐܠܝܬܗܘܢ (masculine plural possessive third-person)
ܐܠܝܬܗܝܢ (feminine plural possessive third-person)

Possibly corrupted from ܠܠܝܬܐ (lellīṯā).


eni

enihmen (indefinite)
enihe (first-person singular)
enihkai (first-person plural)
enihn (second-person singular)
enihken (plural second-person)
eniho (singular third-person)
enihk (plural third-person)
enihmen (indefinite singular)
enihpwi (indefinite plural)
eniwa (definite singular)
eniwa (definite plural)

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qanitu, from Proto-Austronesian *qaNiCu (“ghost, spirit of the dead”)


бард

ru-noun+

бард • (bard) m anim (genitive ба́рда, nominative plural ба́рды, genitive plural ба́рдов)

bard (romanization)
ба́рда (genitive)
ба́рды (nominative plural)
ба́рдов (genitive plural)
ба́рд (nominative singular)
ба́рды (nominative plural)
ба́рда (genitive singular)
ба́рдов (genitive plural)
ба́рду (dative singular)
ба́рдам (dative plural)
ба́рда (accusative singular)
ба́рдов (accusative plural)
ба́рдом (instrumental singular)
ба́рдами (instrumental plural)
ба́рде (prepositional singular)
ба́рдах (plural prepositional)

→ Georgian: ბარდი (bardi)


tupilak

From Greenlandic tupilak or Inuktitut ᑐᐱᓚᒃ (topilak), ᑐᐱᓚᖅ (topilaq).

(Inuit mythology) A monster (either invisible or having a physical form constructed from animal bones, sinew, etc) created in secret by a shaman and sent into the sea to seek and kill a specific enemy.


mĩ nhân ngư

[mi˦ˀ˥ ɲən˧˧ ŋɨ˧˧]

[mɪj˧˨ ɲəŋ˧˧ ŋɨ˧˧]

[mɪj˨˩˦ ɲəŋ˧˧ ŋɨ˧˧]

Sino-Vietnamese word from 美人魚, composed of 美 (“beautiful”) and 人魚 (“mermaid”).


nhân ngư

[ɲən˧˧ ŋɨ˧˧]

[ɲəŋ˧˧ ŋɨ˧˧]

[ɲəŋ˧˧ ŋɨ˧˧]

Sino-Vietnamese word from 人魚, composed of 人 (“man, person”) and 魚 (“fish”).


hamnskiftare

hamnskiftare (indefinite nominative singular)
hamnskiftares (genitive indefinite singular)
hamnskiftaren (definite nominative singular)
hamnskiftarens (definite genitive singular)
hamnskiftare (indefinite nominative plural)
hamnskiftares (genitive indefinite plural)
hamnskiftarna (definite nominative plural)
hamnskiftarnas (definite genitive plural)

From hamn (“spirit”) + skifta + -are. Replaced earlier term hamnlöpare.


塞壬

/saɪ̯⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/

/t͡sʰɔːi̯³³ jɐm²¹/

/saɪ̯⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/

/t͡sʰɔːi̯³³ jɐm²¹/

(Mainland China, Hong Kong, mythology) siren


美人魚

/meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵ y³⁵/

/mei̯¹³ jɐn²¹ jyː²¹/

/me³³ zən⁵⁵ ɦy²¹/

/meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵ y³⁵/

/mei̯¹³ jɐn²¹ jyː²¹/

/me³³ zən⁵⁵ ɦy²¹/


tiên chim

[tiəŋ˧˧ t͡ɕim˧˧]


nam nhân ngư

[naːm˧˧ ɲən˧˧ ŋɨ˧˧]

[naːm˧˧ ɲəŋ˧˧ ŋɨ˧˧]

[naːm˧˧ ɲəŋ˧˧ ŋɨ˧˧]

Sino-Vietnamese word from 男 (“male”) and 人魚 (“mermaid”).


గండభేరుండము

te-noun

గండభేరుండములు

గండభేరుండము • (gaṇḍabhēruṇḍamu) ? (plural గండభేరుండములు)

gaṇḍabhēruṇḍamu (romanization)
గండభేరుండములు (plural)

A gryphon, a fabulous bird of a huge size and two heads.


shtrigë

sq-noun

shtrigë f (plural shtriga, definite shtriga, definite plural shtrigat)

shtriga (plural)
shtriga (definite)
shtrigat (definite plural)

Borrowed from Latin strīga (“evil spirit”), from strix (“screech owl”), from Ancient Greek στρίξ (stríx).

(folklore) Shtriga, a vampiric witch in traditional Albanian folklore


Dothraki

Coined by American writer and television producer George R. R. Martin.
Its fictional derivation is borrowed from Dothraki Dothraki (literally “[we] ride”).

bor+

For example, in Dothraki something done in secret is done torga essheyi—literally, “under a roof”.

2010 September-October, Jim Henry, “Dothraki and Esperanto: an interview with language creator David J. Peterson”, in Usona Esperantisto, →ISSN, page 9:

Dothraki has four vowels.

2011 October 15, Stephen D. Rogers, A Dictionary of Made-Up Languages: From Adûnaic to Elvish, Zaum to Klingon— the Anwa (Real) Origins of Invented Lexicons, Avon: Adams Media, →ISBN, →OL, page 54:

You want to learn a really impressive second language? Try Dothraki. Win over any man in my guild.

2012 October 4, “Andy's Ancestry” (2:51), in The Office (US), season 9, episode 3, spoken by Dwight Schrute (Rainn Wilson):

constructed language
constructed language

A constructed language created for, and spoken in, the Game of Thrones television adaptation in 2011.


nàng tiên

[naːŋ˨˩ tiən˧˧]

[naːŋ˦˩ tiəŋ˧˧]

[naːŋ˨˩ tiəŋ˧˧]

(mythology) a young-looking female fairy


nanu

head

nanu m sg (feminine singular nana, masculine plural nanos, feminine plural nanes)

nana (feminine singular)
nanos (masculine plural)
nanes (feminine plural)


ܐܡܝܐܢܛܘܢ

ܐܡܝܐܢܛܘܢ • (ʾammīʾanṭōn) m


ընգղայ

ընգղայ • (əngłay)

xcl-noun

ընգղայ • (əngłay)

The origin is unknown. Attested only in Chrysostom, rendering Ancient Greek Ἐρινύες (Erinúes). If the original meaning is ‘eel’, ‘water-snake’, then comparable to Latin anguilla, Ancient Greek ἔγχελυς (énkhelus), ἴμβηρις (ímbēris), Lithuanian ungurỹs, Proto-Slavic *ǫgořь, and Georgian ანკარა (anḳara).

unk

unknown

եւ իբրեւ զդեւս հալածականս, եւ իբրեւ զընգղայս ծովու վնասակարս

5th century, John Chrysostom, Commentary on Matthew 2.15

ew ibrew zdews halacakans, ew ibrew zəngłays covu vnasakars

sea monster or sea-devil (probably female)


రాక్షసుడు

te-noun

రాక్షసుడు • (rākṣasuḍu) m (plural రాక్షసులు)

rākṣasuḍu (romanization)
రాక్షసులు (plural)
రాక్షసుడు (nominative singular)
రాక్షసులు (nominative plural)
రాక్షసుని (accusative singular)
రాక్షసుల (accusative plural)
రాక్షసునితో (instrumental singular)
రాక్షసులతో (instrumental plural)
రాక్షసునికొరకు (dative singular)
రాక్షసులకొరకు (dative plural)
రాక్షసునివలన (ablative singular)
రాక్షసులవలన (ablative plural)
రాక్షసునియొక్క (genitive singular)
రాక్షసులయొక్క (genitive plural)
రాక్షసునియందు (locative singular)
రాక్షసులయందు (locative plural)
ఓరి రాక్షసా (singular vocative)
ఓరి రాక్షసులారా (plural vocative)

te-noun-decl

రాక్షసునికొరకు

రాక్షసులకొరకు

రాక్షసునివలన

రాక్షసునియొక్క

రాక్షసులయొక్క

రాక్షసునియందు

రాక్షసులయందు

ఓరి రాక్షసులారా


魍魎

ja-r

魍魎(もうりょう) (mōryō)

CJKV/code

Sino-Xenic (魍魎):
* → Japanese: 魍魎(もうりょう) (mōryō)
* → Korean: 망량(魍魎) (mangnyang)
* → Vietnamese: võng lượng (魍魎)

魍魉
罔兩
罔閬
蛧蜽
蝄蜽
网兩
方良

/wɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/mɔːŋ¹³ lœːŋ¹³/

/bɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɔŋ⁵³/

/mŋ̍²¹⁻⁴¹ sŋ̍²¹/

/mŋ̍¹¹⁻⁵³ sŋ̍¹¹/

/mŋ̍²¹⁻⁴¹ sŋ̍ʔ³²/

/mŋ̍¹¹⁻⁵³ sŋ̍ʔ³²/

/mɑ̃²² liã⁴⁴/

/wɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/mɔːŋ¹³ lœːŋ¹³/

/bɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɔŋ⁵³/

/mŋ̍²¹⁻⁴¹ sŋ̍²¹/

/mŋ̍¹¹⁻⁵³ sŋ̍¹¹/

/mŋ̍²¹⁻⁴¹ sŋ̍ʔ³²/

/mŋ̍¹¹⁻⁵³ sŋ̍ʔ³²/

/mɑ̃²² liã⁴⁴/


魍魎

ja-noun

魍(もう)魎(りょう) • (mōryō) ^(←まうりやう (mauryau)?)

魍魎 (canonical)
mōryō (romanization)
mauryau (romanization)
まうりやう (hiragana historical)

demons and monsters, especially those of the sea or rivers


bluecap

(mythology, mining) A tiny blue-skinned fairy that inhabits a mine and helps the miners.


antizombie

Let's find that bibulous "antizombie" state of pure experience.

1998, Stuart R. Hameroff, Alfred W. Kaszniak, Alwyn Scott, Toward a Science of Consciousness II, →ISBN:

Finally, in chapter 6 I revisit certain questions, especially concerning the nature of subjectivity, in the context of an exploration of various anti-zombie arguments.

2003, Joseph Levine, Purple Haze: The Puzzle of Consciousness, →ISBN, page 10:

The perfect experiment suggests the anti-zombie: a creature which is conscious, perhaps in just one respect, as in Cohen and Dennett«s isolation of colour consciousness, but gives no sign of it.

2016 -, William Seager, Theories of Consciousness: An Introduction and Assessment, →ISBN:

We must all be functionalists. By demolishing the intuitions, the anti-zombie argument removes what has long been seen as a major problem for physicalism and functionalism. And by bringing out the fact that consciousness depends on a number of different information-processing capacities, that argument hints at what it really is.

2017, Robert Kirk, Robots, Zombies and Us: Understanding Consciousness, →ISBN:

(philosophy) The inverse of the philosophical zombie; an exact duplicate of a human being which certainly and necessarily does have conscious experience, qualia, or sentience.


antizombie

en-adj

antizombie (comparative more antizombie, superlative most antizombie)

more antizombie (comparative)
most antizombie (superlative)

During the second and third volumes of the series, Nathan Mather, a radical antizombie preacher, and his followers become more and more powerful[…]

2011, Joni Richards Bodart, They Suck, They Bite, They Eat, They Kill, page 182:


merrow

Hiberno-English, from Irish murúch (“mermaid”).

(Celtic mythology, mythology) A merman or mermaid in Scottish and Irish Gaelic folklore.


ܢܠܐ

head

ܢܠܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܢܠܐ)

ܢܠܐ (plural)
ܢܠ (absolute singular)
ܢܠܝܢ (absolute plural)
ܢܠ (construct singular)
ܢܠܝ (construct plural)
ܢܠܐ (emphatic singular)
ܢܠܐ (emphatic plural)
ܢܠܝ (common-gender first-person possessive singular)
ܢܠܟ (masculine possessive second-person singular)
ܢܠܝܟ (masculine possessive second-person singular)
ܢܠܟܝ (feminine possessive second-person singular)
ܢܠܝܟܝ (feminine possessive second-person singular)
ܢܠܗ (masculine possessive singular third-person)
ܢܠܘܗܝ (masculine possessive singular third-person)
ܢܠܗ (feminine possessive singular third-person)
ܢܠܝܗ (feminine possessive singular third-person)
ܢܠܢ (common-gender first-person plural possessive)
ܢܠܝܢ (common-gender first-person plural possessive)
ܢܠܟܘܢ (masculine plural possessive second-person)
ܢܠܝܟܘܢ (masculine plural possessive second-person)
ܢܠܟܝܢ (feminine plural possessive second-person)
ܢܠܝܟܝܢ (feminine plural possessive second-person)
ܢܠܗܘܢ (masculine plural possessive third-person)
ܢܠܝܗܘܢ (masculine plural possessive third-person)
ܢܠܗܝܢ (feminine plural possessive third-person)
ܢܠܝܗܝܢ (feminine plural possessive third-person)

Unknown; compare the root ܢ-ܘ-ܠ (n-w-l) related to tormenting and Jewish Babylonian Aramaic נָלָא (nālâ).


grib

grib f (genitive singular gribe, plural gribean)

gribe (genitive singular)
gribean (plural)

From Old Irish gríb, from Latin gryps, from Ancient Greek γρύψ (grúps).


Ҡыш бабай

Ҡыш бабай • (Qış babay)

ba-noun

Ҡыш бабай • (Qış babay)

Qış babay (romanization)
Ҡыш бабай (absolute singular-only)
Ҡыш бабайҙың (definite genitive singular-only)
Ҡыш бабайға (dative singular-only)
Ҡыш бабайҙы (accusative definite singular-only)
Ҡыш бабайҙа (locative singular-only)
Ҡыш бабайҙан (ablative singular-only)

[ˌqɯʂ.bɑ.ˈβɑj]

From ҡыш (qış, “winter”) + бабай (babay, “old man”).
Calque of Russian Дед Моро́з (Ded Moróz).
Compare with Tatar Кыш бабай (Qış babay), Kazakh and Kyrgyz Аяз Ата (Ayaz Ata).

calque

Father Christmas, Father Frost. A traditional Yuletide gift-bearing character.


Ҡарһылыу

head

Ҡарһылыу • (Qarhılıw)

ba-noun

Ҡарһылыу • (Qarhılıw)

Qarhılıw (romanization)
Ҡарһылыу (absolute singular-only)
Ҡарһылыуҙың (definite genitive singular-only)
Ҡарһылыуға (dative singular-only)
Ҡарһылыуҙы (accusative definite singular-only)
Ҡарһылыуҙа (locative singular-only)
Ҡарһылыуҙан (ablative singular-only)

From ҡар (qar, “snow”) + һылыу (hılıw, “beauty”).
Adaptation from Russian Снегу́рочка (Snegúročka).
Compare Tatar Кар Кызы (Qar Qızı, literally “Snow Girl”), Kazakh Қаршақыз (Qarşaqyz).

cog

Ҡыш бабай
Ҡыш бабай#Bashkir

Snow Maiden. A traditional Yuletide character, accompanying Ҡыш бабай (Qış babay) - analog of Santa Claus.


Snapefic

en-noun

Snapefic (countable and uncountable, plural Snapefics)

Okay. I'm a bit of a Snape bore, & have read most of the good and bad ones that come out on ff.net. Here's a biased account of which I think are good.
[…]
 'I was Right' by Earthwalk. Widely considered the best Snapefic ther^([sic]) is.

2001 June 1, Morrighan, “Re: Looking for fanfic recs”, in alt.fan.harry-potter (Usenet):

i.e. I was proposing that Snape might have been attracted to Voldemort as 'the epitome of Dark Magic' rather than to death, torture and disappearances. Though the latter may also have been the case :-)
Glad you like it, as this is the theory I used in my Snapefic..!

2003 January 17, Igenlode, “Re: Why do some people find Snape attractive?”, in alt.fan.harry-potter (Usenet):

But with non-slash & non-porno, the best Snapefic I've read is "A Father's Sin" by Severitus, […] in which the professor discovers an unlikely student at Hogwarts is his son.

2003 May 12, Tennant Stuart, “Re: Harry Potter fanfics”, in alt.fan.harry-potter (Usenet):

(countable, Harry Potter fandom slang) A fanfic in which Severus Snape, of the Harry Potter series, is the protagonist.


banfhathach

head

banfhathach m (genitive singular banfhathaigh, nominative plural banfhathaigh)

banfhathaigh (genitive singular)
banfhathaigh (nominative plural)
banfhathach (indefinite nominative singular)
banfhathaigh (indefinite nominative plural)
a bhanfhathaigh (indefinite singular vocative)
a bhanfhathacha (indefinite plural vocative)
banfhathaigh (genitive indefinite singular)
banfhathach (genitive indefinite plural)
banfhathach (dative indefinite singular)
banfhathaigh (dative indefinite plural)
an banfhathach (definite nominative singular)
na banfhathaigh (definite nominative plural)
an bhanfhathaigh (definite genitive singular)
na mbanfhathach (definite genitive plural)
leis an mbanfhathach (dative definite singular)
don bhanfhathach (dative definite singular)
leis na banfhathaigh (dative definite plural)
banfhathach (mutation mutation-radical)
bhanfhathach (lenition mutation)
mbanfhathach (eclipsis mutation)

From ban- (feminine prefix) + fathach (“giant”).


bansióg

head

bansióg f (genitive singular bansióige, nominative plural bansióga)

bansióige (genitive singular)
bansióga (nominative plural)
bansióg (indefinite nominative singular)
bansióga (indefinite nominative plural)
a bhansióg (indefinite singular vocative)
a bhansióga (indefinite plural vocative)
bansióige (genitive indefinite singular)
bansióg (genitive indefinite plural)
bansióg (dative indefinite singular)
bansióga (dative indefinite plural)
an bhansióg (definite nominative singular)
na bansióga (definite nominative plural)
na bansióige (definite genitive singular)
na mbansióg (definite genitive plural)
leis an mbansióg (dative definite singular)
don bhansióg (dative definite singular)
leis na bansióga (dative definite plural)
bansióg (mutation mutation-radical)
bhansióg (lenition mutation)
mbansióg (eclipsis mutation)

From ban- (feminine prefix) + sióg (“fairy”).


ghostlore

From ghost + lore (“learning, knowledge”).

Three other sections of the state are important in this connection: the Adirondack Mountains and parts of the Catskills, which while sparsely settled and only slightly represented in this collection, have much good ghostlore yet to be collected.

1982, Louis Clark Jones, Three Eyes on the Past:

When one person tells another of a frightening experience, he is passing on ghostlore.

1995, Charles Edwin Price, Haunted Tennessee:

From ruthless gangsters to restless mail order kings, from the Fort Dearborn Massacre to the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, the phantom remains of the passionate people and volatile events of Chicago history have made the Second City second to none in the annals of American ghostlore.

2004, Ted Okuda, Jack Mulqueen, The Golden Age of Chicago Children's Television:

Ghost stories and tales of railroad heroics and tragedy may have mixed to create this unique type of ghostlore.

2019, Matthew L. Swayne, Haunted Rails: Tales of Ghost Trains, Phantom Conductors, and Other Railroad Spirits, Llewellyn Worldwide, →ISBN:


mooinjer veggey

mooinjer veggey f (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])

mooinjer veggey (mutation mutation-radical)
vooinjer veggey (lenition mutation)


high angel

From Middle English heh-engel, from Old English hēahengel (“archangel”).

And blessed art thou that diddest believe. For all things that have been spoken to thee from our Lord shall be performed. Second, that the angel Gabriel, which spake to the virgin, was an high angel, and an high messenger.

1856, Charles Lloyd, Formularies of Faith Put Forth by Authority During the Reign of Henry VIII:

In that night his Excellency also met the Taker-away-of-life ; and he begged of that high angel, "When thou takest away the souls of my people, do so easily, kindly, and gently."

1889, Sigismund Wilhelm Koelle, Mohammed and Mohammedanism:

Nor, again, would anybody guess, without previous knowledge or elucidation, that a highwayman was a kind of robber, a high-head a kind of coiffare, a high-low a kind of boot, a high-man a kind of loaded die, or that, when our ancestors spoke of a high-father, a high-angel, and a high-bishop, they meant a patriarch, an archangel, and an archbishop respectively.

1889, Proceedings of the Liverpool Literary & Philosophical Society - Volumes 43-44 - Page 172

Such a man continues to progress in this state till an imperceptible [tru]th opens between his mind and the minds of the seraphic order of high angels.

1965, The Islamic literature - Volume 11 - Page 31

Many foretell Michael's tide far and wide five nights on past the equinox when earls and ceorls keep harvest time with the high angel's feast remembered together throughout the land.

2003, Cyril Roy Hart, Learning and culture in late Anglo-Saxon England and the influence of Ramsey Abbey on the major English monastic schools:

Vohumano came to be considered, first as one of the highangels attendant on him, and then formally as one of his six councillors.

2004, George Rawlinson, The Seven Great Monarchies of the Ancient Eastern World:

The high angel, Michael, flanked by the two commanders, continued his relentless attack bearing grimly and deliberately down upon the two dark leaders, Python and Jezebel.

2008, Miriam E. Bellamy, Demons in the Sanctuary:

As Sagittarius examined the pictures, the writer told of meeting both a High Angel, one named Tyrrell, and an Arch Demon, a Seraph, one of the four Seraphim who fell in the rebellion. Sag thought about the matter. A third of Heaven.

2008, Merrll O'Brian, 665 the Council Of: (Part One) - Page 241:

So to Keil and a host of others he is the preincarnate Christ, while Michael is a high angel.

2010, Merrill C. Tenney, The Zondervan Encyclopedia of the Bible, Volume 4:


HBP

Human Brain Project
w:Human Brain Project

(information science, neuroinformatics) Initialism of Human Brain Project.


synmwlw

For the constituents compare Avestan 𐬯𐬀𐬉𐬥𐬀 (saēna, literally “a raptor, either eagle or falcon”), Sanskrit श्येन (śyená), Old Armenian ցին (cʻin) on the one hand, and Persian مرغ (morğ) on the other.
Akin to Avestan 𐬨𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬖𐬋⸱𐬯𐬀𐬉𐬥𐬋 (mər^əγō.saēnō, “the bird Saēna”), Persian سیمرغ (simorğ), as well as Old Armenian սիրամարգ (siramarg, “peacock”), in dialects with սին- (sin-) and meaning “a mythical bird”, Classical Syriac ܣܝܡܘܪ (sīmūr, “a mythical bird”), Iranian borrowings.

cog

𐬨𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬖𐬋⸱𐬯𐬀𐬉𐬥𐬋

Wizīdagīhā-i Zādspram, chapter 23


ܕܪܩܘܢܐ

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ܕܪܩܘܢܐ • (drāqōnā) m (plural ܕܪܩܘܢܐ (drāqōnē))

drāqōnā (romanization)
ܕܪܩܘܢܐ (plural)
ܕܪܩܘܢ (absolute singular)
ܕܪܩܘܢܝܢ (absolute plural)
ܕܪܩܘܢ (construct singular)
ܕܪܩܘܢܝ (construct plural)
ܕܪܩܘܢܐ (emphatic singular)
ܕܪܩܘܢܐ (emphatic plural)
ܕܪܩܘܢܝ (common-gender first-person possessive singular)
ܕܪܩܘܢܟ (masculine possessive second-person singular)
ܕܪܩܘܢܝܟ (masculine possessive second-person singular)
ܕܪܩܘܢܟܝ (feminine possessive second-person singular)
ܕܪܩܘܢܝܟܝ (feminine possessive second-person singular)
ܕܪܩܘܢܗ (masculine possessive singular third-person)
ܕܪܩܘܢܘܗܝ (masculine possessive singular third-person)
ܕܪܩܘܢܗ (feminine possessive singular third-person)
ܕܪܩܘܢܝܗ (feminine possessive singular third-person)
ܕܪܩܘܢܢ (common-gender first-person plural possessive)
ܕܪܩܘܢܝܢ (common-gender first-person plural possessive)
ܕܪܩܘܢܟܘܢ (masculine plural possessive second-person)
ܕܪܩܘܢܝܟܘܢ (masculine plural possessive second-person)
ܕܪܩܘܢܟܝܢ (feminine plural possessive second-person)
ܕܪܩܘܢܝܟܝܢ (feminine plural possessive second-person)
ܕܪܩܘܢܗܘܢ (masculine plural possessive third-person)
ܕܪܩܘܢܝܗܘܢ (masculine plural possessive third-person)
ܕܪܩܘܢܗܝܢ (feminine plural possessive third-person)
ܕܪܩܘܢܝܗܝܢ (feminine plural possessive third-person)


キョンシー

From Cantonese 殭屍／僵尸 (goeng¹ si¹), imported via Hong Kong cinema.

2002 May 16, “達(たつ)人(じん)キョンシー [Master Jiangshi]”, in 新たなる支配者 [A New Dominator], Konami:

A jiangshi wandering in pursuit of a strong opponent. They say he was known as the master of all martial arts.

強い相手を求めさまよっているキョンシー。かつてはあらゆる武術の達人として知られていたらしい。

Tsuyoi aite o motome samayotte iru kyonshī. Katsute wa arayuru bujutsu no tatsujin to shite shirarete ita rashii.


thaumavore

From Ancient Greek θαῦμα (thaûma, “magic”) + -vore.

af

Major Transformation: […] Thaumavore (Su): Alterations to the mongrel’s blood and magical aura causes her to leech energy from spells cast upon her; the mongrel gains 5 temporary hit points whenever a spell is cast upon her and heals 1 point of ability damage.

2014, Bloodforge, Dreamscarred Press, page 94

"IT IS THE APEX PREDATOR OF THE MAGICAL FOOD CHAIN. A THAUMAVORE WITH AN APPETITE THAT CANNOT EVER BE SATED.

2021 (2022), Jed MacKay, Death of Doctor Strange

(fantasy) An animal or lifeform that feeds off of magic or magical energy as the main part of its diet.


grimdark

/ˈɡɹɪmˌdɑɹk/

From grim (adjective) + dark (adjective), inspired by the tagline of the tabletop strategy game Warhammer 40,000 (its rulebook first published in September 1987): “In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only war.”

(literature) The literary genre of speculative fiction that is amoral, dystopian, or violent.


quy

(Chinese mythology) the Turtle, one of the Four Benevolent Animals


yuki-onna

Japanese snow spirit; the spirit of a woman who perished out in the snow during the winter months, said to return during the winter months to lure lost souls to their deaths.


နဂါး

na.ga: (romanization)
ကောင် (classifier)

→ Shan: ၼၵႃး (nǎ káa)

Borrowed from Pali nāga, from Sanskrit नाग (nāgá).


little person

en-noun

little person (plural little people or little persons)

little people (plural)
little persons (plural)

His nurse had told him all about changelings, and how the little people would always try to steal a beautiful human child out of its cradle and put in its stead one of their own ailing, puking brats[…]

1961, Muriel Saint Clare Byrne, Elizabethan Life in Town and Country, page 285:

(fantasy) A small magical humanoid creature, such as an elf, leprechaun, or fairy.


гидра

ru-noun+

ги́дра • (gídra) f anim (genitive ги́дры, nominative plural ги́дры, genitive plural гидр)

ги́дра (canonical)
gídra (romanization)
ги́дры (genitive)
ги́дры (nominative plural)
гидр (genitive plural)
ги́дра (nominative singular)
ги́дры (nominative plural)
ги́дры (genitive singular)
ги́др (genitive plural)
ги́дре (dative singular)
ги́драм (dative plural)
ги́дру (accusative singular)
ги́др (accusative plural)
ги́дрой (instrumental singular)
ги́дрою (instrumental singular)
ги́драми (instrumental plural)
ги́дре (prepositional singular)
ги́драх (plural prepositional)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὕδρα (húdra). Distant doublet of вы́дра (výdra).


cocatriz

(folklore, mythology, fantasy, heraldry) cockatrice


godsdamn

"Thet!" he half-shouted, his voice deeper than one would expect coming from his frame. "Godsdamn it! You know the bloodmages are supposed to be notified [...]"

1994, Ed Stark, The fifth horseman, →ISBN, page 7:

“Godsdamn, Airell.” He pushed himself from the bench and began pacing.

2006, Cheyenne McCray, Seduced by Magic, →ISBN, page 55:

(vulgar, nonstandard, slang, fiction, fantasy) An expression of anger, surprise, or frustration.


godsdamn

Every godsdamn crevice and crack and water tank in the city would be a fucking encampment.

2004, China Mieville, The Scar, →ISBN, page 164:

(vulgar, nonstandard, slang, fiction, fantasy) Damned by gods; used as an intensifier.


巫師

/bu²⁴⁻²² sɯ³³/

/bu²⁴⁻²² su⁴⁴/

/bu¹³⁻²² su⁴⁴/

/bu²⁴⁻²² sɯ³³/

/bu²⁴⁻²² su⁴⁴/

/bu¹³⁻²² su⁴⁴/


Elb

de-noun

Elb m (weak, genitive Elben, plural Elben)

Elben (genitive)
Elben (plural)
Elb (nominative singular)
Elben (definite nominative plural)
Elben (genitive singular)
Elben (definite genitive plural)
Elben (dative singular)
Elben (dative definite plural)
Elben (accusative singular)
Elben (accusative definite plural)


sióg

head

sióg f (genitive singular sióige, nominative plural sióga)

sióige (genitive singular)
sióga (nominative plural)
sióg (indefinite nominative singular)
sióga (indefinite nominative plural)
a shióg (indefinite singular vocative)
a shióga (indefinite plural vocative)
sióige (genitive indefinite singular)
sióg (genitive indefinite plural)
sióg (dative indefinite singular)
sióga (dative indefinite plural)
an tsióg (definite nominative singular)
na sióga (definite nominative plural)
na sióige (definite genitive singular)
na sióg (definite genitive plural)
leis an tsióg (dative definite singular)
don tsióg (dative definite singular)
leis na sióga (dative definite plural)
sióg (mutation mutation-radical)
shióg (lenition mutation)
tsióg (lenition mutation)


сена

се̏на (canonical feminine)
sȅna (romanization)
се̏на (nominative singular)
сене (nominative plural)
сене (genitive singular)
се̑на̄ (genitive plural)
сени (dative singular)
сенама (dative plural)
сену (accusative singular)
сене (accusative plural)
сено (singular vocative)
сене (plural vocative)
сени (locative singular)
сенама (locative plural)
сеном (instrumental singular)
сенама (instrumental plural)


Jörmungandr

/ˈjɔɹmunˌɡɑndɹ̩/

The dragon Jörmungandr, for instance, was said to encircle the entire world of Midgard (where people live). To complete the circle, he bit his own tail.

2006, Stephen Krensky, Dragons, page 28:

The ultimate symbol of evil, the Midgard Serpent or Jörmungandr, was the offspring of the trickster Loki and the sorceress Angur-boda, who also gave birth to Hel (the queen of the dead) and the Fenris Wolf (see page 239).

2006, Ruth Binney, Nature's Ways: Lore, Legend, Fact and Fiction, page 234:

Thus the Aegypto-Greek Ourobouros or Norse Jörmungandr (Midgard serpent) surrounds the cosmos, biting its own tail in a symbol of perpetuity and infinity, never ending, always regenerating.

2010, Valerie Estelle Frankel, From Girl to Goddess: The Heroine's Journey through Myth and Legend, page 70:

(Norse mythology) The World Serpent or Midgard Serpent, an offspring of Loki, which is thrown into the ocean by Odin but grows to encircle the world, and is finally slain during Ragnarok by Thor, who then succumbs to its poisonous breath.


Crowley

(fantasy fiction) The name of a demon, found in several different works of fiction by several different authors. Named in reference to Aleister Crowley, a famous 19th-century occultist.


女妖

/ny²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

/ny²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

報喪女妖

报丧女妖


duwende

Borrowed from Spanish duende, from Old Spanish duen de casa or dueño de la casa (“master of the house”).


ܐܠܩܐܘܢ

ܐܠܩܐܘܢ • (ʾlqʾwn) f


獨角獸

ㄉㄨˊ ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄕㄡˋ

/tu³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂoʊ̯⁵¹/

/tʊk̚² kɔːk̚³ sɐu̯³³/

/tu³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂoʊ̯⁵¹/

/tʊk̚² kɔːk̚³ sɐu̯³³/

;"fans that cannot accept an idol to have a partner"

Short for 獨角獸企業／独角兽企业 (dújiǎoshòu qǐyè, “unicorn enterprise”).


xorn

First appeared in the original Dungeons & Dragons Monster Manual (1977).

Various monsters can tunnel through rock - either humanoid monsters with picks or rock eaters like rock moles and umber hulks; and some monsters like xorns and ghosts can pass through it without digging.

2002, David Damerell, “Where are they come from?^([sic]) ;)”, in rec.games.roguelike.development (Usenet):

Teleporting from an open room where there were a dozen black orcs firing bows at me and more pouring in through both doors a few nights ago didn't work the first two times, then when it did work it landed me, low on mana and hitpoints, in a room full of gnome mages who instantly summoned four umber hulks and a xorn!

2007, bear, “Makes Lovely Julienne Ogres....”, in rec.games.roguelike.angband (Usenet):

That afternoon, I summoned a Xorn—an earth elemental noted for its speed—and asked it to scout the caves of the Dragon's lair for me.

2010, Roger Bourke White, Rostov Rising: The Tales of Baron Rostov, page 229:

(fantasy) A fictional monster that devours earthen and silicate materials and can move freely through earth.

Monster Manual
Xorn (Dungeons & Dragons)


Mamãe Noel

[maˈmɐ̃ɪ̯̃ noˈɛʊ̯]

(Brazil, folklore) Mrs. Claus, Mother Christmas (Santa Claus’ wife)


João Pestana

[ʒoˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃ pesˈtɐ̃.nɐ]

[ʒoˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃ pesˈtɐ̃.nɐ]

/ʒoˈɐ̃w̃ peʃˈtɐ̃.nɐ/

[ʒoˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃ peʃˈtɐ̃.nɐ]

/ˈʒwɐ̃w̃ pɨʃˈtɐ.nɐ/

/ˈʒwɐ̃w̃ pɨʃˈtɐ.nɐ/

/ˈʒwɐ̃w̃ pɨʃˈta.nɐ/

From João (“John”, a common male given name) + Pestana (“eyelash”, also a surname).

com

Estás a cair com soninho… é o João Pestana que lá vem…

1946, João Carlos, A estrada de fogo, Editorial Gleba, page 211:

You are falling asleep… Sandman is coming…


Mãe Natal

[ˈmɐ̃ɪ̯̃ naˈtaʊ̯]

[ˈmɐ̃j̃ nɐˈtaɫ]

[ˈmɐ̃j̃ nɐˈtaɫ]

(Portugal, folklore) Mrs. Claus (Santa Claus’ wife)


κυνοκέφαλος

grc-noun

κῠνοκέφᾰλος • (kunoképhalos) m (genitive κῠνοκεφάλου); second declension

κῠνοκέφᾰλος (canonical)
kunoképhalos (romanization)
κῠνοκεφάλου (genitive)
ὁ κῠνοκέφᾰλος (nominative singular)
τὼ κῠνοκεφᾰ́λω (dual nominative)
οἱ κῠνοκέφᾰλοι (nominative plural)
τοῦ κῠνοκεφᾰ́λου (genitive singular)
τοῖν κῠνοκεφᾰ́λοιν (dual genitive)
τῶν κῠνοκεφᾰ́λων (genitive plural)
τῷ κῠνοκεφᾰ́λῳ (dative singular)
τοῖν κῠνοκεφᾰ́λοιν (dative dual)
τοῖς κῠνοκεφᾰ́λοις (dative plural)
τὸν κῠνοκέφᾰλον (accusative singular)
τὼ κῠνοκεφᾰ́λω (accusative dual)
τοὺς κῠνοκεφᾰ́λους (accusative plural)
κῠνοκέφᾰλε (singular vocative)
κῠνοκεφᾰ́λω (dual vocative)
κῠνοκέφᾰλοι (plural vocative)

A compound of κύων (kúōn, “dog”) + κέφαλος (képhalos, “head”)


arpéu

From Old French harpeau. By surface analysis, arpão + -éu.

(Brazil, fantasy) graphorn (magical creature from the Harry Potter series)


wuxia

From Mandarin 武俠／武侠 (wǔxiá, “martial hero”).

A genre of East Asian fiction concerning the adventures of martial artists, typically set in Ancient China.


䴑

(Chinese mythology) a legendary weird bird, resembling the magpie, with a dark red color, two heads and four feet


firedragon

From Middle English fyre dragon; equivalent to fire + dragon, modelled after firedrake.

Adam continued to moan in hypnotic agony. Joshua needed to make a move. Boldly, Joshua strode toward the firedragon.


Eldar

→ Russian: Эльда́р (Elʹdár)

Coined by J. R. R. Tolkien as Quenya Eldar, plural of Elda.

(fantasy) An elf, one of a particular group of elves, or an elflike creature.

(science fiction) An elflike race of aliens from Warhammer 40,000, now known as Aeldari.

Эльда́р

magical humanoids from Tolkien's writings


ondin

From English ondine, undine, from German Undine, from Modern Latin undina, from unda (“wave”). The second sense greatly influenced by the 90s Filipino horror anthology film Shake, Rattle & Roll III.

an undine; a female water sprite or nymph


巫術士

巫術士 (canonical)
fujutsushi (romanization)


巫術師

巫術師 (canonical)
fujutsushi (romanization)

Compound of 巫術 (fujutsu, “magic, sorcery, thaumaturgy”) + 師 (shi, “expert, master, practitioner”).


Dvalinn

Icelandic: Dvalinn

Faroese: Dvalin

Norwegian Nynorsk: Dvalen, Dvalin

Swedish: Dvalen, Dvalin

Danish: Dvalin

Probably from dvala (“to delay”), thus giving the meaning "Delayer".


Dáinn

Dáins (genitive)
Dáinn (indefinite nominative)
Dáin (accusative indefinite)
Dáni (dative indefinite)
Dáins (genitive indefinite)

non-decl-blank-sing-indef

Dáinn

Icelandic: Dáinn

Faroese: Dáin

Norwegian Nynorsk: Dåen, Dåin

Swedish: Dåen

Danish: Dåin

Compare dáinn, from deyja (“to die”), thus meaning "Dead-like One".


planeswalker

From planes + walker. Originated in the collectible card game Magic: The Gathering.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:planeswalker.

Like Rosalie, he acted as though he had no power. He believed the same was true for D'Las as it was for the planeswalker—he simply couldn't access the power on his own.

2011, Amber Wokaty, Galaxy Killers, Author House, →ISBN, page 187:

(fantasy) A wizard who can travel across planes of existence.


élfico

Calque of English elvish, from elfo + -ico.


élfico

Elvish (the language spoken by elves, often referring to Quenya or Sindarin)


sfinksur

fo-noun

sfinksur m (genitive singular sfinks, plural sfinksar)

sfinks (genitive singular)
sfinksar (plural)
sfinksur (indefinite nominative singular)
sfinksurin (definite nominative singular)
sfinksar (indefinite nominative plural)
sfinksarnir (definite nominative plural)
sfinks (accusative indefinite singular)
sfinksin (accusative definite singular)
sfinksar (accusative indefinite plural)
sfinksarnar (accusative definite plural)
sfinksi (dative indefinite singular)
sfinksinum (dative definite singular)
sfinksum (dative indefinite plural)
sfinksunum (dative definite plural)
sfinks (genitive indefinite singular)
sfinksins (definite genitive singular)
sfinksa (genitive indefinite plural)
sfinksanna (definite genitive plural)

From Latin Sphinx, from Ancient Greek Σφίγξ (Sphínx). Perhaps from σφίγγω (sphíngō, “to squeeze, to strangle”), or from Egyptian Szp:p-A53-anx-n:x (šzp-ꜥnḫ, “living image”).


Snarry

Best Excuse for a Wandering Mind: SNARRY!, Jason Isaacs, Alan Rickman

2004 December 31, barbarella [username], “Re: That Was The Year That Was 2004”, in aus.culture.gothic (Usenet):

"Snarry is part of a subgenre of fan fiction called Slash," she says. "Snarry depicts romantic relationships between Harry Potter and Severus Snape, together - Snarry. […]

2009 July 17, David Templeton, “One geek over the line”, in Pacific Sun:

Snarry slash people (ie people who write fan fiction about Snape and Harry getting it on till the break o’dawn) are super-intense. Seriously that is one rich, rich subculture.

2009 July 22, Lev Grossman, “Notes from Azkatraz, a Harry Potter Convention”, in Time:

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Harry Potter and Severus Snape of the Harry Potter series.


H/Hr

This news group certainly seemed to filled with a lot of R/Hr people. As I am a H/Hr person and I believe that Hermione and Harry have this subtle thing that's being^([sic]) built up since the very beginning, I will elaborate on my personal beliefs.

2002 May 4, Imran [username], “Re: Ron and hermoine”, in alt.fan.harry-potter (Usenet):

I can't help but suspect it's either some sort of passive-aggressive moralistic reaction or thinly disguised sour grapes on the part of die-hard H/Hr shippers.

2007 September 7, Bill Blakely, “Re: What happens next?”, in alt.fan.harry-potter (Usenet):

For instance, those who write about or are interested in a relationship between Harry and Hermione are considered “H/Hr” shippers.

2007 Katie Greenway, "Dumbledore heats up overwhelming fanfic", The Badger Herald (University of Wisconsin-Madison), 25 October 2007

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


Team Jacob

Of course, there are those two camps I mentioned earlier in this chapter: Team Edward and Team Jacob. Over time, Team Jacob has grown to the point where a lot of fans prefer Jacob to Edward.

2009, Lois H. Gresh, The Twilight Companion: The Unauthorized Guide to the Series, St Martin's Press, →ISBN, page 89:

However, Team Jacob members on the Anglophone boards were even more emphatic in their dismissal of Edward, and several posters argued that his behavior was abusive.

2010, Inger-Lise Kalviknes Bore, Rebecca Williams, “Transnational Twilighters: A Twilight Fan Community in Norway”, in Melissa A. Click, Jennifer Stevens Aubrey, Elizabeth Behm-Morawitz, editors, Bitten by Twilight: Youth Culture, Media, & the Vampire Franchise, Peter Lang Publishing, Inc., →ISBN, page 200:

Team Jacob argues that Jacob's warmth, support, and wolfy exuberance should have won Bella away from her vampire swain.

2010, Liv Spencer, Love Bites: The Unofficial Saga of Twilight, ECW Press, →ISBN, page 192:

(fandom slang) The faction of Twilight fandom which prefers Bella Swan in a romantic relationship with Jacob Black.


Team Edward

However, the continued conflict between Team Jacob and Team Edward shows that the series is sufficiently open to allow for the shipping of both Bella/Edward and Bella/Jacob.

2010, Inger-Lise Kalviknes Bore, Rebecca Williams, “Transnational Twilighters: A Twilight Fan Community in Norway”, in Melissa A. Click, Jennifer Stevens Aubrey, Elizabeth Behm-Morawitz, editors, Bitten by Twilight: Youth Culture, Media, & the Vampire Franchise, Peter Lang Publishing, Inc., →ISBN, page 202:

To Team Edward, the canon pairing with the stoic, troubled, immortal 17-year-old is unquestionable.

Although the tension between Team Edward and Team Jacob fans is usually expressed in playful banter, there is the possibility that this group conflict will erupt into hostility.

2011, Melissa Burkley, “Prejudice in Twilight”, in E. David Klonsky, Alexis Black, editors, The Psychology of Twilight, BenBella Books, →ISBN, page 72:

(fandom slang) The faction of Twilight fandom which prefers Bella Swan in a romantic relationship with Edward Cullen.


Аҡбуҙат

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Аҡбуҙат • (Aqbuźat)

ba-noun

Аҡбуҙат • (Aqbuźat)

Aqbuźat (romanization)
Аҡбуҙат (absolute singular-only)
Аҡбуҙаттың (definite genitive singular-only)
Аҡбуҙатҡа (dative singular-only)
Аҡбуҙатты (accusative definite singular-only)
Аҡбуҙатта (locative singular-only)
Аҡбуҙаттан (ablative singular-only)

Composition of stems: аҡбуҙ (aqbuź, “blue gray”) + ат (at, “horse”).


orcish

en-adj

orcish (comparative more orcish, superlative most orcish)

more orcish (comparative)
most orcish (superlative)

an orcish blade

(fantasy) Of or relating to orcs (monstrous humanoid creatures).


Feniks

Feniks (nominative singular)
Feniksa (genitive singular)
Feniksowi (dative singular)
Feniksa (accusative singular)
Feniksem (instrumental singular)
Feniksie (locative singular)
Feniksie (singular vocative)

(Egyptian mythology, Greek mythology) Phoenix (mythical firebird; especially the sacred one from ancient Egyptian mythology)


dragonking

(fantasy, mythology) A king with the ability to control dragons.


badhbh

head

badhbh f (genitive singular baidhbhe, nominative plural badhbha)

baidhbhe (genitive singular)
badhbha (nominative plural)
badhbh (indefinite nominative singular)
badhbha (indefinite nominative plural)
a bhadhbh (indefinite singular vocative)
a bhadhbha (indefinite plural vocative)
baidhbhe (genitive indefinite singular)
badhbh (genitive indefinite plural)
badhbh (dative indefinite singular)
badhbha (dative indefinite plural)
an bhadhbh (definite nominative singular)
na badhbha (definite nominative plural)
na baidhbhe (definite genitive singular)
na mbadhbh (definite genitive plural)
leis an mbadhbh (dative definite singular)
don bhadhbh (dative definite singular)
leis na badhbha (dative definite plural)
badhbh (mutation mutation-radical)
bhadhbh (lenition mutation)
mbadhbh (eclipsis mutation)

→ English: bibe


gryphus

la-noun

grȳphus m (genitive grȳphī); second declension

grȳphus (canonical masculine)
grȳphī (genitive)
grȳphus (nominative singular)
grȳphī (nominative plural)
grȳphī (genitive singular)
grȳphōrum (genitive plural)
grȳphō (dative singular)
grȳphīs (dative plural)
grȳphum (accusative singular)
grȳphōs (accusative plural)
grȳphō (ablative singular)
grȳphīs (ablative plural)
grȳphe (singular vocative)
grȳphī (plural vocative)

[ˈɡryːpʰʊs̠]


high fantasy

en-noun

high fantasy (countable and uncountable, plural high 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:

A term used by Lloyd Alexander in a 1971 essay on “High Fantasy and Heroic Romance" and subsequently developed by Kenneth J. Zahorski and Robert H. Boyer in an attempt to develop a terminology with which to deal with genre materials. In Zahorski and Boyer's taxonomy, high fantasy consists entirely of fiction set in second worlds, while the low fantasy with which it is immediately contrasted consists of fiction set in the primary world, into which magical objects and entities are introduced piecemeal (ie. intrusive fantasy).

2009, Brian Stableford, “HIGH FANTASY”, in The A to Z of Fantasy Literature, →ISBN, page 198:

High fantasy of the George RR Martin kind hinges on world-building. When there really is a whole world to build, and not just a historical period or a particular country, world-building does not take a few paragraphs in a short story; it takes chapters.

2015 May 20, Natasha Pulley, “Fantasy cannot build its imaginary worlds in short fiction”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

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


דיבוק

yi-noun

דיבוק • (dibek) m, plural דיבוקים (dibukim)

dibek (romanization)
dibukim (romanization)

A noun derived from the Hebrew דבק (dovek, “to cling”).


sfinkso

eo-head

sfinkso (accusative singular sfinkson, plural sfinksoj, accusative plural sfinksojn)

sfinkson (accusative singular)
sfinksoj (plural)
sfinksojn (accusative plural)

From Latin Sphinx, ultimately from Ancient Greek Σφίγξ (Sphínx).


պարիկ

parik (romanization)
պարիկ (nominative singular)
պարիկներ (nominative plural)
պարիկի (dative singular)
պարիկների (dative plural)
պարիկից (ablative singular)
պարիկներից (ablative plural)
պարիկով (instrumental singular)
պարիկներով (instrumental plural)
պարիկը (definite nominative singular)
պարիկն (definite nominative singular)
պարիկները (definite nominative plural)
պարիկներն (definite nominative plural)
պարիկին (dative definite singular)
պարիկներին (dative definite plural)
պարիկս (first-person nominative possessive singular)
պարիկներս (first-person nominative plural possessive)
պարիկիս (dative first-person possessive singular)
պարիկներիս (dative first-person plural possessive)
պարիկիցս (ablative first-person possessive singular)
պարիկներիցս (ablative first-person plural possessive)
պարիկովս (first-person instrumental possessive singular)
պարիկներովս (first-person instrumental plural possessive)
պարիկդ (nominative possessive second-person singular)
պարիկներդ (nominative plural possessive second-person)
պարիկիդ (dative possessive second-person singular)
պարիկներիդ (dative plural possessive second-person)
պարիկիցդ (ablative possessive second-person singular)
պարիկներիցդ (ablative plural possessive second-person)
պարիկովդ (instrumental possessive second-person singular)
պարիկներովդ (instrumental plural possessive second-person)

hy-decl-noun

պարիկը/պարիկն

պարիկները/պարիկներն

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian պարիկ (parik). Doublet of փերի (pʻeri).


պարիկ

parik (romanization)
պարիկ (nominative singular)
պարիկք (nominative plural)
պարկի (genitive singular)
պարկաց (genitive plural)
պարկի (dative singular)
պարկաց (dative plural)
պարիկ (accusative singular)
պարիկս (accusative plural)
պարկէ (ablative singular)
պարկաց (ablative plural)
պարկաւ (instrumental singular)
պարկաւք = պարկօք (parkawkʻ = parkōkʻ) (instrumental plural)
պարկի (locative singular)
պարիկս (locative plural)

xcl-decl-noun

պարկաւք = պարկօք

→ Armenian: պարիկ (parik) (learned)

From Middle Iranian *parīk. Compare Middle Persian plyk' (parīg, “witch”), Persian پری (pari), Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬐𐬁 (paⁱrikā, “sorceress, witch; temptress”), Sogdian [script needed] (pṛʿyk-, “demoness”).


փերի

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փերի • (pʻeri) (traditional orthography spelling փէրի)

pʻeri (romanization)
orthography spelling փէրի (traditional)
փերի (nominative singular)
փերիներ (nominative plural)
փերու (dative singular)
փերիների (dative plural)
փերուց (ablative singular)
փերիներից (ablative plural)
փերով (instrumental singular)
փերիով (instrumental singular)
փերիներով (instrumental plural)
փերին (definite nominative singular)
փերիները (definite nominative plural)
փերիներն (definite nominative plural)
փերուն (dative definite singular)
փերիներին (dative definite plural)
փերիս (first-person nominative possessive singular)
փերիներս (first-person nominative plural possessive)
փերուս (dative first-person possessive singular)
փերիներիս (dative first-person plural possessive)
փերուցս (ablative first-person possessive singular)
փերիներիցս (ablative first-person plural possessive)
փերովս (first-person instrumental possessive singular)
փերիովս (first-person instrumental possessive singular)
փերիներովս (first-person instrumental plural possessive)
փերիդ (nominative possessive second-person singular)
փերիներդ (nominative plural possessive second-person)
փերուդ (dative possessive second-person singular)
փերիներիդ (dative plural possessive second-person)
փերուցդ (ablative possessive second-person singular)
փերիներիցդ (ablative plural possessive second-person)
փերովդ (instrumental possessive second-person singular)
փերիովդ (instrumental possessive second-person singular)
փերիներովդ (instrumental plural possessive second-person)
փերի (nominative singular)
փերիներ (nominative plural)
փերիի (dative singular)
փերիների (dative plural)
փերիից (ablative singular)
փերիներից (ablative plural)
փերիով (instrumental singular)
փերիներով (instrumental plural)
փերին (definite nominative singular)
փերիները (definite nominative plural)
փերիներն (definite nominative plural)
փերիին (dative definite singular)
փերիներին (dative definite plural)
փերիս (first-person nominative possessive singular)
փերիներս (first-person nominative plural possessive)
փերիիս (dative first-person possessive singular)
փերիներիս (dative first-person plural possessive)
փերիիցս (ablative first-person possessive singular)
փերիներիցս (ablative first-person plural possessive)
փերիովս (first-person instrumental possessive singular)
փերիներովս (first-person instrumental plural possessive)
փերիդ (nominative possessive second-person singular)
փերիներդ (nominative plural possessive second-person)
փերիիդ (dative possessive second-person singular)
փերիներիդ (dative plural possessive second-person)
փերիիցդ (ablative possessive second-person singular)
փերիներիցդ (ablative plural possessive second-person)
փերիովդ (instrumental possessive second-person singular)
փերիներովդ (instrumental plural possessive second-person)

hy-decl-noun

փերիները/փերիներն

փերով, փերիով

փերովս, փերիովս

փերովդ, փերիովդ

փերիները/փերիներն

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish پری (peri), from Persian پری (pari). Doublet of պարիկ (parik).


hurí

Borrowed from French houri, from Persian حوری (huri), from Arabic حُورِيّ (ḥūriyy).


hurí

Borrowed from French houri, from Persian حوری (huri), from Arabic حُورِيَّة (ḥūriyya).


Stymphalian bird

en-noun

Stymphalian bird (plural Stymphalian birds)

(Greek mythology) A man-eating bird with a bronze beak and sharp metallic feathers it could launch at its victims, which infested Stymphalus. They were slain by Herakles as part of his sixth Labour, who took advantage of their sensitive sense of hearing.


ստիմֆալյան թռչուններ

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ստիմֆալյան թռչուններ • (stimfalyan tʻṙčʻunner) pl

stimfalyan tʻṙčʻunner (romanization)
ստիմֆալյան թռչուններ (nominative plural)
ստիմֆալյան թռչունների (dative plural)
ստիմֆալյան թռչուններից (ablative plural)
ստիմֆալյան թռչուններով (instrumental plural)
ստիմֆալյան թռչունները (definite nominative plural)
ստիմֆալյան թռչուններն (definite nominative plural)
ստիմֆալյան թռչուններին (dative definite plural)
ստիմֆալյան թռչուններս (first-person nominative plural possessive)
ստիմֆալյան թռչուններիս (dative first-person plural possessive)
ստիմֆալյան թռչուններիցս (ablative first-person plural possessive)
ստիմֆալյան թռչուններովս (first-person instrumental plural possessive)
ստիմֆալյան թռչուններդ (nominative plural possessive second-person)
ստիմֆալյան թռչուններիդ (dative plural possessive second-person)
ստիմֆալյան թռչուններիցդ (ablative plural possessive second-person)
ստիմֆալյան թռչուններովդ (instrumental plural possessive second-person)

hy-decl-noun-pl

ստիմֆալյան թռչուններ

ստիմֆալյան թռչունները/ստիմֆալյան թռչուններն

ստիմֆալյան թռչուններ

ստիմֆալյան թռչունի

ստիմֆալյան թռչունին

ստիմֆալյան թռչունների

ստիմֆալյան թռչուններին

ստիմֆալյան թռչունից

ստիմֆալյան թռչուններից

ստիմֆալյան թռչունով

ստիմֆալյան թռչուններով

ստիմֆալյան թռչուններս

ստիմֆալյան թռչուններս

ստիմֆալյան թռչունիս

ստիմֆալյան թռչուններիս

ստիմֆալյան թռչունիցս

ստիմֆալյան թռչուններիցս

ստիմֆալյան թռչունովս

ստիմֆալյան թռչուններովս

ստիմֆալյան թռչուններդ

ստիմֆալյան թռչուններդ

ստիմֆալյան թռչունիդ

ստիմֆալյան թռչուններիդ

ստիմֆալյան թռչունիցդ

ստիմֆալյան թռչուններիցդ

ստիմֆալյան թռչունովդ

ստիմֆալյան թռչուններովդ

en-ստիմֆալյան_թռչուններ-hy-name-REDNI3jt


vasorrú bába

vas (“iron”) + orr (“nose”) + -ú (“having, with”) + bába (“witch”), literally “iron-nosed witch”.

affix

Baba Yaga, witch (a ferocious-looking old woman who appears in children stories)


Erymanthian Boar

(Greek mythology) a giant boar that ravaged the area round Mount Erymanthos; captured by Heracles


Esfinge

Borrowed from Latin Sphynx, from Ancient Greek Σφίγξ (Sphínx).

(Greek mythology) Sphinx (creature with the body of a lion and head of a human)


երիմանթյան վարազ

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երիմանթյան վարազ

երիմանթյան վարազ • (erimantʻyan varaz)

hy-proper noun

երիմանթյան վարազ

երիմանթյան վարազ • (erimantʻyan varaz)

erimantʻyan varaz (romanization)
երիմանթյան վարազ (nominative singular singular-only)
երիմանթյան վարազի (dative singular singular-only)
երիմանթյան վարազից (ablative singular singular-only)
երիմանթյան վարազով (instrumental singular singular-only)
երիմանթյան վարազը (definite nominative singular singular-only)
երիմանթյան վարազն (definite nominative singular singular-only)
երիմանթյան վարազին (dative definite singular singular-only)
երիմանթյան վարազս (first-person nominative possessive singular singular-only)
երիմանթյան վարազիս (dative first-person possessive singular singular-only)
երիմանթյան վարազիցս (ablative first-person possessive singular singular-only)
երիմանթյան վարազովս (first-person instrumental possessive singular singular-only)
երիմանթյան վարազդ (nominative possessive second-person singular singular-only)
երիմանթյան վարազիդ (dative possessive second-person singular singular-only)
երիմանթյան վարազիցդ (ablative possessive second-person singular singular-only)
երիմանթյան վարազովդ (instrumental possessive second-person singular singular-only)

hy-decl-noun-unc

երիմանթյան վարազ

երիմանթյան վարազը/երիմանթյան վարազն

երիմանթյան վարազներ

երիմանթյան վարազները/երիմանթյան վարազներն

երիմանթյան վարազի

երիմանթյան վարազին

երիմանթյան վարազների

երիմանթյան վարազներին

երիմանթյան վարազից

երիմանթյան վարազներից

երիմանթյան վարազով

երիմանթյան վարազներով

երիմանթյան վարազս

երիմանթյան վարազներս

երիմանթյան վարազիս

երիմանթյան վարազներիս

երիմանթյան վարազիցս

երիմանթյան վարազներիցս

երիմանթյան վարազովս

երիմանթյան վարազներովս

երիմանթյան վարազդ

երիմանթյան վարազներդ

երիմանթյան վարազիդ

երիմանթյան վարազներիդ

երիմանթյան վարազիցդ

երիմանթյան վարազներիցդ

երիմանթյան վարազովդ

երիմանթյան վարազներովդ


Piton

(Greek mythology) Python (the earth-dragon of Delphi)


Pinóquio

The Adventures of Pinocchio
w:The Adventures of Pinocchio

(fantasy) Pinocchio (wooden puppet from The Adventures of Pinocchio, whose nose becomes larger when he lies and dreams of becoming a real boy)


náyade

From Latin Naiadem, from Ancient Greek Ναϊάς (Naïás).


Red Queen hypothesis

An allusion to a remark by the Red Queen in Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking-Glass: "Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place." The hypothesis was advanced in 1973 by American biologist Leigh Van Valen, who called it the Red Queen's hypothesis.

Stenseth and Maynard Smith (1984) reformulated this hypothesis by including the idea of evolutionary lag and dismissing Van Valen's zero-sum assumption. They contrast the Red-Queen hypothesis with the stationary hypothesis, q.v. Hoffman and Kitchell (1984 in Lewin 1985a, 400) offer some support for the Red-Queen hypothesis.

2000, Edward M. Barrows, Animal Behavior Desk Reference, 2nd edition, CRC Press, page 358:

We extend the Red Queen hypothesis, a mechanism proposed to maintain genetic diversity at the population level, to explain diversity at the community level.

2008, Keith Clay et al., “Chapter 7: Red Queen Communities”, in Richard S. Ostfeld, Felicia Keesing, Valerie T. Eviner, editors, Infectious Disease Ecology, Princeton University Press, page 145:

The Red Queen hypothesis defines evolution as a kind of arms race, in which species must constantly evolve and adapt merely to survive.

2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 219:

(evolutionary theory) An evolutionary hypothesis which proposes that organisms must constantly adapt, evolve, and proliferate not merely to gain reproductive advantage, but also simply to survive while pitted against other evolving organisms in an ever-changing environment.

Leigh Van Valen
Lewis Carroll
Red Queen (Through the Looking-Glass)
Through the Looking-Glass


milzis

lv-noun

milzis m (2nd declension, feminine form: milze)

milze (feminine)
milzis (nominative singular)
milži (nominative plural)
milzi (accusative singular)
milžus (accusative plural)
milža (genitive singular)
milžu (genitive plural)
milzim (dative singular)
milžiem (dative plural)
milzi (instrumental singular)
milžiem (instrumental plural)
milzī (locative singular)
milžos (locative plural)
milzi (singular vocative)
milži (plural vocative)

rūķis

antonym(s) of “of "large mythical being"”

Derived from the verb milzt (“to swell, to grow, to increase”), present tense melzu, from Proto-Baltic *melž-, *milž-, from Proto-Indo-European *melǵʰ, *ml̥ǵʰ-, from a stem *mel- (“big, strong”), whence also Latvian dialectal milns (“many, much, a lot”), Ancient Greek μάλα (mála, “very, a lot”), perhaps Latin melior (“better”). Cognates include Lithuanian mil̃žinas.

cog

ļauns milzis

milža spēks

milžu cīņa

milzis skatījās uz puiku kā suns uz skudru, kura rāpo viņam starp izstieptām ķepām

the giant looked at the boy like a dog at an ant that crawls between his outstretched legs

(folklore, mythology) giant (very large, supernaturally strong being)


leshy

(Slavic mythology) A male woodland spirit in Slavic mythology who protects wild animals and forests.


Drarry

It occurs because in canon Harry and Draco feel no emotion for each other warmer than intense dislike. […] Harry is willing to save Draco's life out of recognition of their shared humanity, but with apologies to all the Drarry shippers out there, that's as far as it goes.

2011, Aaron Schwabach, Fan Fiction and Copyright: Outsider Works and Intellectual Property Protection, Ashgate, →ISBN, pages 69–79:

2013, Anne Jamison, Fic: Why Fanfiction Is Taking Over the World, BenBella Books (2013), →ISBN, unnumbered page:draco malfoy is a beautiful creation and he should be protected by harry potter who is his second cousin and who cares if you think its gross they are adorable together let the gayness happen
Dramione shippers apparently feel the same way when too much attention is paid to Drarry.

Fanfics that depict relationships between Draco and Harry have been particularly popular, spawning a cult of ‘Drarry’ shippers – with Facebook pages, fan art and many stories all dedicated to the pairing.

2013, Sarah Dear, "Fanfiction - A Hobby for Generations of Teenagers", Impact (University of Nottingham), 26 April 2013

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Draco Malfoy and Harry Potter of the Harry Potter series.


Dramione

"I secretly ship Dramione!" one boldly asserts, while more serious blogs boast confessions along the lines of, "I moved away to college this year and haven't made any new friends."

2011, Brittany Dalton, "Away with the Niceties", The Vista (University of Central Oklahoma), 1 September 2011, page 3

This is a haven for writers and readers to converge and show their interest in a variety of genres with any characters, from the typical Dramione (Draco and Hermione) action-adventure to the absurd Filch-Peeves BDSM.

2011 September 15, Sayantan Deb, Angela Song, “Potter Legacy”, in The Harvard Independent, volume 42, number 25, page 10:

Dramione shippers apparently feel the same way when too much attention is paid to Drarry.

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

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


rothe

Unfortunately, he turned the corner in a rather inefficient manner, cutting off his retreat and bumped into a rothe. Gadzooks, he thought, one hit from this boy and I'll likely go to my ill named great reward. The only recourse was to quaff his one as of yet unidentified potion and hope it was extra healing.

1993, Robert Leduc, “Nethack Imitates Life”, in rec.games.hack (Usenet):

(fantasy) A kind of fictional cattle in various role-playing games and roguelike video games.


melonhead

(US) One of a group of legendary beings, known in parts of Michigan, Ohio, and Connecticut, and generally described as small humanoids with bulbous heads who occasionally emerge from hiding-places to attack people.


straszydło

straszydełko (diminutive)
straszydło (nominative singular)
straszydła (nominative plural)
straszydła (genitive singular)
straszydeł (genitive plural)
straszydłu (dative singular)
straszydłom (dative plural)
straszydło (accusative singular)
straszydła (accusative plural)
straszydłem (instrumental singular)
straszydłami (instrumental plural)
straszydle (locative singular)
straszydłach (locative plural)
straszydło (singular vocative)
straszydła (plural vocative)

Inherited from Old Polish straszydło, from Proto-Slavic *strašidlo. By surface analysis, straszyć + -dło.


gigants

gigants (nominative singular)
giganti (nominative plural)
gigantu (accusative singular)
gigantus (accusative plural)
giganta (genitive singular)
gigantu (genitive plural)
gigantam (dative singular)
gigantiem (dative plural)
gigantu (instrumental singular)
gigantiem (instrumental plural)
gigantā (locative singular)
gigantos (locative plural)
gigant (singular vocative)
giganti (plural vocative)

Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Ancient Greek γίγας (gígas, “giant”), genitive form γιγάντος (gigántos), the name of a mythical race of large human-like beings. The word was apparently taken into Ancient Greek from a non-Indo-European pre-Greek language.

(Greek mythology) giant (member of a race of enormous beings, the children of Gaia and Uranus)


化け猫

Compound of 化け (bake, “transformation, taking the form of; monster”, stem of verb 化ける (bakeru, “to transform, to change into something else”)) + 猫 (neko, “cat”).

compound

stem of verb <i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">化ける</i> (bakeru, “to transform, to change into something else”)

In Japanese folklore, this entity was believed to be a magical cat, sometimes capable of transforming itself into a person or various other forms.

(Japanese mythology) a monster cat; a goblin cat; a cat with magical powers


hordesman

Ganelon had given himself up to the Ximchak hordesmen in order to protect Ishgadara and Grrff from being killed. Part of the deal was that the Flying Castle was to remain where it was now situated, with Palensus Choy promising not to enter Gompland with aerial Zaradon: in return for this, Turgo had sworn that the Barbarian hordesmen would not again enter Gray Dynast territory, or lay siege to Isle Trancore, and would respect the territorial integrity of the Mad Empire.

2001, Lin Carter, The Barbarian of World's End, Wildside Press, →ISBN, page 20:

Noman's men were doing a fair job at holding back the hordes but Noman could see that there were many more hordesmen in the distance moving slowly towards them.

2008, R. A. Knowlton, Knorrasky: The Deception, Outskirts Press, →ISBN, page 46:

The air was still and silent. It felt as if at any moment a Hordesman would jump out and attack them.

2017, Z. Belobrajdic, The Legend of Arthax, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 307:

(chiefly fantasy) A man who belongs to a barbarian horde.


outworlder

It is a thing no outworlder may know except those very few who have been involved.

1967, “Amok Time”, in Star Trek: The Original Series, season 2, spoken by Spock (Leonard Nimoy):

He speaks with the outworlder tongue!
What else were you expecting from a male, sister Dykstra?

1995, Among Friends And Enemies, Part 3: The Magical Mystery Tour (Gen13), volume 2, number 3 (comic), page 19:

Let each government make sure that rich and poor alike, dirtborn and outworlder, Terran and Variant, all have equal access to the outernet and its resources.

1998, Celia S. Friedman, This Alien Shore:

(science fiction, fantasy) One who comes from another planet, or from a society so culturally foreign as to be a different world.


dakka

Onomatopoeic for a firing machine gun. From the invented Ork lexicon in the Warhammer 40,000 tabletop war game.

(slang, especially board games) Firepower.


Tolkienologist

One who studies Tolkien and his creations.


Gandalfesque

en-adj

Gandalfesque (comparative more Gandalfesque, superlative most Gandalfesque)

more Gandalfesque (comparative)
most Gandalfesque (superlative)

Gandalf + -esque, with the name having been taken by J. R. R. Tolkien from the Old Norse Gandálfr, from gandr (“magic staff”) + alfr (“elf”).

[…] there is radical Evil here (distilled in its purest form in Lord Voldemort), as much as there is Good (figured in the Gandalfesque Dumbledore).

2007, William MacNeil, Lex Populi: The Jurisprudence of Popular Culture, page 25:

With qualities resembling those of Gandalf, a wise old wizard in The Lord of the Rings with a long white beard.


Bilboesque

Bilboesque (comparative more Bilboesque, superlative most Bilboesque)

more Bilboesque (comparative)
most Bilboesque (superlative)

At the same time, Bilboesque proverbs like "Every worm has his weak spot" and "Never laugh at live dragons" use the familiar proverb form to make the unfamiliar inhabitants of the secondary world seem more matter-of-fact.

1981, Katharyn W. Crabbe, J. R. R. Tolkien, Frederick Ungar Publishers, →ISBN, page 60:

So here goes: much as Alex Ferguson and Manchester United could not afford to let their Bilboesque, talismanic striker leave the football club, Key and New Zealand could not afford to let this production take flight.

2010 October 29, Toby Manhire, “The Hobbit hullabaloo”, in The Guardian:

“He’s Bilbo-esque,” the filmmaker said. “You might not always want to say that about you, right? But seriously he has the essential features of this little English gent, this country gent who is slightly old-fashioned and has to go around in the world and try to cope with it. That’s not exactly who Martin [Freeman] is as a person, but as an actor he does that so well. […]

2011 August 23, Geoff Boucher, “‘The Hobbit’: Peter Jackson and the one true Bilbo Baggins”, in Los Angeles Times:

Of, relating to, or reminiscent of the character Bilbo Baggins from The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.


Nazgul

From nazgûl (“ringwraith”) in J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional language Black Speech, a compound of nazg (“ring”) and gûl (“wraith; spirit”).

The West Hampstead studio flat looks like the Nazgul have just thundered through it […]

The last thing she wanted was for Zach to come storming out of the house like a Nazgul, telling her to get the hell away from his daughter.

2011, Kristin Hannah, Night Road, page 282:

There's three blokes who look like the Nazgul in pinstripes, and a skinny hatchetfaced bird who keeps saying “Well?” at me every time she asks me a question and I don't answer her inside half a second.

2012, Tom Holt, You Don't Have to Be Evil to Work Here, But it Helps, page 133:

(fantasy) An evil force which heedlessly destroys everything in its path, and appears like a horseman dressed all in black.


Nazgul

(On Lost Souls there is a Ringwraith guild; Nazguls are members at levels 26-29.)

1994, Chiaroscuro, “Re: ColdMUD, interesting career(class,guild)-systems, and thoughts about mudding”, in rec.games.mud.misc (Usenet):

In the Touist^([sic]) quest, there was a polymorph trap on the first level, and one of the non-peaceful buggers polyed into a Nazgul (ugh!).

1994, The Nowhere Man, “Re: Only 9 Nazguls? (was: Ascension (long))”, in rec.games.roguelike.nethack (Usenet):

AFAIK Moria itself has never had uniques, though some variants do (Morgul has the nine Nazguls, for instance) or artifacts.

1999, Jonathan Ellis, “Re: unique version of moria”, in rec.games.roguelike.moria (Usenet):

Scrolls of mass genocide, scrolls of teleport, and a kick-ass bow generally are prerequisites for killing Nazguls in Pernband.

2001, Pat Gunn, “Re: [Pern] YASD (#$# Nazguls)”, in rec.games.roguelike.angband (Usenet):

Soulcrusher established his power in Valhalla itself where he trained the Nazguls and built a guardian to protect his privacy.

2000, Fuzzy, “AD: [rom] Dawn of Empires - mud.dawnofempires.com”, in rec.games.mud.misc (Usenet):

While poking around on level 20, I came across an object I've never seen before, a Short Bow of the Nazgul (x2) (-7,-7) {cursed}.

2002, Matthew Murray, “Short Bow of the Nazgul”, in rec.games.roguelike.angband (Usenet):

(fantasy, roleplaying games) A type of demonic or undead creature.


Mordor

Chinese: 魔多

Polish: Mordor

Russian: Мо́рдор (Mórdor)

Ukrainian: Мо́рдор (Mórdor)

/ˈmɔːdɔː(ɹ)/

J. R. R. Tolkien
Middle-earth
Mordor
Sauron

From Mordor, a bleak realm ruled by the dark lord Sauron, in J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional Middle-earth. Tolkien created the name in his constructed language Sindarin, from morn (“dark, black”) and dôr (“land”).
Compare with Old English morþor (“murder”), murder, Greek μαυρός (mavrós, “dim”) and Latin mors (“death”).
Sense 2 is a semantic loan from Ukrainian Мо́рдор (Mórdor) or Russian Мо́рдор (Mórdor), both of those from the English word, alluding to it being the land of orcs.

semantic loan

It is a “Mordor” sort of anthropology, dark rather than light, swampland rather than solid ground.

2007, Paul F. M. Zahl, Grace in Practice: A Theology of Everyday Life, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., published 2007, →ISBN, page 94:

Nevertheless, this book is about the truth, the good and the bad, so I will tread into the forbidden territory, the Mordor of motherhood.

2007, B. Erin Wylde, Where Did I Go?, →ISBN, page 100:

“OK, can we go back now?” asked their guide and expert on the underground, whose restless eyes implied that he was on the edge of panic. “I for one am not venturing a step further into this Mordor.”

2012, Zygmunt Miłoszewski, A Grain of Truth: A Second Case for State Prosecutor Teodor Szacki, Bitter Lemon Press (2012; original Polish book published 2011), page 290

It’s impossible to find harmony in an outfit when you have to schlep five kilos of kit with you in order to manage the post-workout transformation. Of course, I could change at work. But this would entail using the office showers. And I would sooner venture into Mordor.

2017 November 16, Jo Ellison, “Help: the gym has turned us into slobs”, in Financial Times:

“I fled from Moscow, which has turned into Mordor.[…]”

2022 April 17, Pjotr Sauer, Andrew Roth, quoting Antonina Baever, “Empty galleries and fleeing artists: Russia’s cultural uncoupling from the west”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

They are out in nature for hours a day – despite the fact that the weather’s terrible (we’re talking Mordor from October to March).

2024 February 25, Helen Russell, “Play outside and sing together: what living in Denmark taught me about raising ‘Viking’ children”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

An area of peril, darkness, or evil, which people fear to visit or explore.


Mordor

Mordor (nominative singular)
Mordoru (genitive singular)
Mordorowi (dative singular)
Mordor (accusative singular)
Mordorem (instrumental singular)
Mordorze (locative singular)
Mordorze (singular vocative)

From Mordor, a bleak realm ruled by the dark lord Sauron, in J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional Middle-earth.

Nie zrobił Mordor niczego złego: był jedynym w Śródziemiu nowoczesnym społeczeństwem opartym na wiedzy i racjonalizmie, rozwijającym się i uprzemysławiającym, pełnym naukowców i artystów – zupełnie jak Rosja.

2020 March 21, Ziemowit Szczerek, “Szczerek sprawdza: Gdzie na mapie Europy wypada Mordor, a gdzie wiedźmińskie krainy”, in wyborcza.pl, archived from the original on 2024-09-09:

Mordor did nothing wrong: it was the only modern society in Middle-earth based on knowledge and rationalism, developing and industrializing, full of scientists and artists – just like Russia.

Mordor (bleak realm ruled by the dark lord Sauron, in J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional Middle-earth)


Sauronesque

en-adj

Sauronesque (comparative more Sauronesque, superlative most Sauronesque)

more Sauronesque (comparative)
most Sauronesque (superlative)

This crew faces the Sauronesque embodiment of evil, the Shadow, its minions, the savage Reavers, and treachery in the usurper of Arlen's throne.

1984, Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, volume 104, numbers 10-14, page 146:

And it's not the only Sauronesque Bush program

2003 January 2, Noah Shachtman, “Bush's Year of U.S. Surveillance”, in Wired:

Their Sauronesque motto—Join us, and we can rule the Middle East together—doesn't have quite the catchy ring it once did.

Having similar traits to the fictional character Sauron from the works of J. R. R. Tolkien, including evilness, tyrannicalness, or all-seeingness.


Sauron

From the Quenya name of the dark lord Sauron in the works of J. R. R. Tolkien, whose name Tolkien created in his constructed language Quenya, from saura (“foul, putrid”).


Frodoesque

Frodoesque (comparative more Frodoesque, superlative most Frodoesque)

more Frodoesque (comparative)
most Frodoesque (superlative)

The young Bates embarks on a Frodoesque mission to reclaim the kingdom of Middlefinger, of which he is the rightful heir.

2003 December 1, “Names & Faces”, in The Washington Post:

It doesn't have a schoolboy wizard, hobbits or a talking lion but ticks most of the genre's boxes with its tale of friendship between the Frodoesque Eragon (Edward Speleers) and his dragon (voiced by Rachel Weisz).

2006 December 22, “FILM ; ARTS & BOOKS REVIEW”, in The Independent:

One Web site, www.ourhobbithole.com, charts the progress of a Frodoesque fantasy.

2009, Ethan Gilsdorf, Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks: An Epic Quest for Reality Among Role Players, Online Gamers, and Other Dwellers of Imaginary Realms, The Lyons Press, →ISBN, page 131:

Having similar traits to the fictional character Frodo Baggins from the Lord of the Rings, such as unexpectedly being sent on a quest.


Gandalfian

Gandalfian (comparative more Gandalfian, superlative most Gandalfian)

more Gandalfian (comparative)
most Gandalfian (superlative)

Weary Betsy blew a Gandalfian smoke-ring.

2002, Glen Duncan, I, Lucifer, Scribner, →ISBN, page 123:

Above the beard his face was unmasked and very thin, concave cheeks falling away from jutting bones, his eyes sunken deep in their sockets under tufted Gandalfian brows.

2007, Amanda Hemingway, The Poisoned Crown, Del Rey, →ISBN, page 291:

A giraffe-like man, Gandalfian, nearly ninety, Uncle Leo wore his summer uniform, madras shorts and a polo shirt.

2011, Patricia Henley, Other Heartbreaks: Stories, Engine Books, →ISBN:

Of, related to, or characteristic of the fictional wizard Gandalf from the works of J. R. R. Tolkien.


Dumbledorian

Dumbledorian (comparative more Dumbledorian, superlative most Dumbledorian)

more Dumbledorian (comparative)
most Dumbledorian (superlative)

From Dumbledore (itself from the noun dumbledore) + -ian.

suffix

itself from the noun <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">dumbledore</i>

“Now I believe it’s someone’s birthday today,” Michael [Gambon] said in his finest Dumbledorian tones.

2010, Warwick Davis, Size Matters Not: The Extraordinary Life and Career of Warwick Davis, John Wiley & Sons, published 2011, →ISBN, page 374:

The all-important Guildmaster, a Dumbledorian, Gandalfian character of infinite wisdom, martial experience, untainted moral integrity and a white Western phenotype, speaks with a standard RP stage accent featuring the characteristic alveolar trill – or ‘rolled [r]’.

2011, Astrid Ensslin, edited by Garry Crawford, Victoria K. Gosling, and Ben Light, Gamers: The Social and Cultural Significance of Online Games, Routledge, →ISBN, Recallin’ Fagin: linguistic accents, intertextuality and othering in narrative offline and online video games, page 229:

I found my way to it by following a gentleman with a Rip Van Winkle beard and a Pedersen bicycle, which is a bike of Swedish design that looks like the illegitimate offspring of a penny farthing and a hammock, and between his vaguely Dumbledorian appearance […].

2013, Eben Weiss, Bike Snob Abroad: Strange Customs, Incredible Fiets, and the Quest for Cycling Paradise, Chronicle Book, →ISBN, page 82:

Of, related to, or characteristic of the fictional wizard Albus Dumbledore from the Harry Potter series


Ravenclaw

/ˈɹeɪvənˌklɔː/

Coined by British author J. K. Rowling, from raven + claw.

“Let's go, Ravenclaws!” Kristen cheered loudly. Lizbeth laughed and nudged her in the arm.
“You're such a dork,” she told her. “They're just warming up.”

2011, Taylor Morris, Hello, Gorgeous!: Blowout, Grosset & Dunlap, published 2011, →ISBN:

“I've always thought of myself as more of a Ravenclaw.”

2012, Kristi Cook, Eternal, Simon and Schuster, published 2013, →ISBN, page 232:

“I know we've met, but I'm Tom. Law.”
“And I'm Will,” I said. “English.”
She rolled her eyes. “I'm Ella. Ravenclaw.”

2014, Charles Finch, The Last Enchantments, St. Martins Press, →ISBN, page 80:

A person having traits associated with Ravenclaw house from the Harry Potter series, including intelligence, creativity, and love of learning or an affinity for eagles or the colours blue and bronze.

когревранец

person having traits associated with the house


Slytherin

Coined by British author J. K. Rowling, presumably from slither.

“You know, there are colors beyond black and green. You're not a Slytherin.”

2012, Molly Harper, My Bluegrass Baby, Pocket Star Books, published 2012, →ISBN, page 57:

I'll admit, this place creeps me out, but Slytherins out there will enjoy viewing (and holding) over 50 types of snakes and reptiles, including bearded dragons, horned frogs, and tarantulas.

2013, Michele Bigley, Explorer's Guide Northern California, The Countryman Press, published 2013, →ISBN, page 409:

“It's too bad your Slytherin brother can't be persuaded to tell the truth to Will,” Annabeth mused.
“Not unless there's something in it for him.”

2013, Tracey Solheim, Foolish Games, Berkley, published 2013, →ISBN:

A person having traits associated with Slytherin house from the Harry Potter series, including ambition, cunning, or an affinity for snakes or the colours green and silver.


Gryffindor

/ˈɡɹɪfɪnˌdɔɹ/

Coined by British author J. K. Rowling, presumably from griffin and a compound of the French d'or.

Barack Obama, on the other hand, is a consummate Gryffindor. He comes across in interviews and speeches as someone who's truly kind and angry about the country's woes, though it's clear he doesn't recklessly allow this anger to cloud his decisions.

2011 August 24, Cyrus Duff, “Which House? Harry Potter Helps Sort Presidential Field”, in Hartford Courant:

I pulled out a Gryffindor key chain I had been saving for just such an emergency, and she cheered up while telling me why she was definitely a Gryffindor and not a Slytherin.

2012, Eloisa James, Paris in Love, Random House, published 2013, →ISBN, page 167:

I had just freed a man wearing a dark blue suit and a Gryffindor tie when Asil's shout made me turn to see Frost right on top of me.

2013, Patricia Briggs, Frost Burned, Berkley, published 2013, →ISBN:

(sometimes used attributively) A person having traits associated with Gryffindor house from the Harry Potter series, including bravery, boldness, or an affinity for lions or the colours red and gold.

Gryfon

a person having traits associated with Gryffindor House Harry Potter


10 points to Gryffindor

Ow! A touch, I do confess. 10 points to Gryffindor.

2001 December 4, Berry Kercheval, “Re: grepping grappa”, in ba.food (Usenet):

If you gathered that from the visual aids above, 10 points to Gryffindor! You are outstanding.

2013, Kathryn Cua, "Questions, Comments, Concerns", Devils' Advocate (Hinsdale Central High School, Hinsdale, Illinois), Issue 6, 20 December 2013, page 8

(NYC cuisiniers were on this a year ago, so 10 points to Gryffindor.)

2014 February 17, Molly Mulshine, “French Chefs Really Wish You’d Stop Instagramming Their Meals Read”, in The New York Observer:

ten points to Gryffindor
ten points to Gryffindor#English

Alternative form of ten points to Gryffindor


Hufflepuffish

en-adj

Hufflepuffish (comparative more Hufflepuffish, superlative most Hufflepuffish)

more Hufflepuffish (comparative)
most Hufflepuffish (superlative)

Poor Neville. He really is a Gryffindor, not a Hufflepuff, although he seems Hufflepuffish at times.

2003 May 27, Miranda, “Re: Out of the Sorting Hat”, in alt.fan.harry-potter (Usenet):

But I wouldn't say he was very Hufflepuffish or Gryffindorish either.

2004 September 2, Rick R., “Re: Just for the heck of it…”, in alt.fan.harry-potter (Usenet):

I see Hufflepuffish spirit in the unwillingness of Cornelius Fudge and the Ministry of Magic to accept that He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named has returned and that traditions et al need to be altered to deal with the threat. Heck, the whole society seems stifled by Hufflepuffish values.

2005 July 8, Beowulf Bolt, “Re: Raising god-level children”, in rec.arts.sf.written (Usenet):

Of, related to, or exhibiting traits associated with Hufflepuff house from the Harry Potter series.


Gryffindorish

Gryffindorish (comparative more Gryffindorish, superlative most Gryffindorish)

more Gryffindorish (comparative)
most Gryffindorish (superlative)

The most Gryffindorish character Tolkien wrote about.

2004 September 2, Rick R., “Re: Sorting LOTR characters (was: just for the heck of it(”, in alt.fan.harry-potter (Usenet):

Peter/Wormtail has not shown any Gryffindorish trait so far.

2007 May 2, Bonehammer, “Re: (Ex) Students behaving out of character with their house”, in alt.fan.harry-potter (Usenet):

Being arrogantly pretentious is a very Gryffindorish trait ;)

2007 May 4, drusilla, “Re: (Ex) Students behaving out of character with their house”, in alt.fan.harry-potter (Usenet):

Of, related to, or exhibiting traits associated with Gryffindor house from the Harry Potter series such as bravery, boldness, and being extroverted.


Slytherinish

Slytherinish (comparative more Slytherinish, superlative most Slytherinish)

more Slytherinish (comparative)
most Slytherinish (superlative)

What it probably means is that Dumbledore et al must constantly contend without the authority to take action, especially in light of Fudge, who is probably Slytherinish enough to fire any MoM officials who contend that Volemort^([sic]) has returned.

2003 April 11, John VanSickle, “Re: What BUGS you most about the OP Hints?”, in alt.fan.harry-potter (Usenet):

He was Slytherinish in his early life (which he sort of returns to in Mort, but look at his dedication to Death in Hogfather. People do change (a weakness in the whole sorting system).

2004 September 1, Daniel Speyer, “Re: Sorta [R] Sorting other Fictional Characters:”, in alt.fan.harry-potter (Usenet):

He would not have changed; the Slytherinish traits are already there.

2005 August 25, T. M. Summers, “Re: Snape's situation”, in alt.fan.harry-potter (Usenet):

Of, related to, or exhibiting traits associated with Slytherin house from the Harry Potter series.


Pottermaniac

J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Bloomsbury; 636 pages) would have sold millions of copies had its publishers simply dumped them in bookstores, unannounced, and then got out of the way as word of mouth spread among stampeding Pottermaniacs.

2000 July 24, Paul Grey, “Harry's Magic is Back Again”, in Time:

The launch of the fifth book, for instance, involved only one personal appearance, when JKR read extracts to 4,000 carefully selected Pottermaniacs in the Albert Hall.

2007, Bernard Cova, Robert Kozinets, & Avi Shankar, Consumer Tribes, Butterworth-Heinemann, →ISBN:

If you are a Pottermaniac, this is the month for you. "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" opens today, and on July 21 the seventh and final Potter tome lands with a thud at your local bookstore.

2007 July 12, Peter Rainer, “'Phoenix' rising: Harry Potter and the abridged tome”, in The Christian Science Monitor:

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


ten points to Gryffindor

From the Harry Potter series, in which students of the magical school Hogwarts belong to four houses (the protagonist belonging to Gryffindor), and earn or lose points for them based on their actions.

'Well, I'm assuming two things will happen. One, she'll try and kill me, two, you'll come down on her like a ton of bricks.'
'Ten points to Gryffindor,' said Gwen.

2008, James Goss, Torchwood: Almost Perfect, BBC Books, →ISBN, page 90:

“Yeah, sure. You know I can't stand the sight of blood, right?”
“Said no one ever while dating a vampire,” he quipped.
“Very clever. Ten points to Gryffindor.”

2013, Kristi Cook, Eternal, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 232:

Yeah, well he has a backpfeifengesicht (ten points to Gryffindor if you can pronounce this word), AKA: a face that deserves to be punched.

2013, Lara Hovsepian-Ruby, "Words That Should Be Part of the English Language", Caliber Magazine (University of California, Berkeley), Summer 2013, page 12

(humorous) Used to praise someone for a statement or action viewed as commendable.

Gryffindor
Harry Potter
Hogwarts
House system


Potterholic

My eight-year-old, as die-hard a Potterholic as they come, a kid who can probably remember Hogwarts minutiae that even JK has forgotten, walked out of the multiplex and gave it a five out of 10.

2001 November 25, Charlie Fletcher, “Has Potter movie magic lost its spell?”, in Scotland on Sunday:

By the time the doors were ready to open, the Potterholics had managed to transform the bland room, with its gray-knotted carpet and vaulted ceiling, into a dark and chapelesque space, hung with streamers and Hogwarts house banners, and a looped clip of floating candles from the Harry Potter movies playing on the wall.

2008, Melissa Anelli, Harry, A History, Pocket Books, →ISBN, page 103:

As a 'Potterholic' myself, clad in a Gryffindor scarf, wand tucked into my front pocket, armed with the first and best tickets for the first showing, I waited impatiently for the movie to begin.

2010, Sangeetha Alagappan, “Casting a spell over Bahrain”, in Gulf Weekly, Volume 9, Issue 47, 24 November - 30 November 2010:

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


Potterite

Fungi in the forest and the surrounding area include names that would delight any Potterite: dead man's fingers, yellow brain fungus, dung roundhead, scarlet elfcup […]

2003, Connie Ann Kirk, J. K. Rowling: A Biography, Greenwood Press, →ISBN, page 24:

Though it seemed that every Potterite in line had their own theories about the future of Harry Potter, some weren't so certain about their own futures after finishing the book.

2007 July 21, Caroline E. Richardson, “Fans line up for farewell to Harry”, in The Commercial Appeal:

It took more than three years of research, but we managed to find sixty-eight (68) Potter Places in the UK—specifically on the island of Great Britain. However, not all of these sites are places every Potterite will enjoy.

2012, C. D. Miller, Harry Potter Places Book Four — NEWTs: Northeastern England Wizarding Treks, First Edition Design Publishing, →ISBN:


caquesseitão

The term was most likely coined by Fernão Mendes Pinto but a Malay origin is not excluded.

a creature mentioned in Fernão Mendes Pinto’s memoir Peregrinação, described as having the size of a large duck, being black, having bat-like wings, a lizard-like tail, a snake-like neck, spikes the length of a quill on its back and a rooster-like spur on the back of its head