aonbheannach

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aonbheannach m (genitive singular aonbheannaigh, nominative plural aonbheannaigh)

aonbheannaigh (genitive singular)
aonbheannaigh (nominative plural)
aonbheannach (indefinite nominative singular)
aonbheannaigh (indefinite nominative plural)
a aonbheannaigh (indefinite singular vocative)
a aonbheannacha (indefinite plural vocative)
aonbheannaigh (genitive indefinite singular)
aonbheannach (genitive indefinite plural)
aonbheannach (dative indefinite singular)
aonbheannaigh (dative indefinite plural)
an t-aonbheannach (definite nominative singular)
na haonbheannaigh (definite nominative plural)
an aonbheannaigh (definite genitive singular)
na n-aonbheannach (definite genitive plural)
leis an aonbheannach (dative definite singular)
don aonbheannach (dative definite singular)
leis na haonbheannaigh (dative definite plural)
aonbheannach (mutation mutation-radical)
n-aonbheannach (eclipsis mutation)
haonbheannach (mutation prothesis-h)
t-aonbheannach (mutation prothesis-t)

From Old Irish óenbennach (“one-horned; unicorn”) equivalent to aon- (“one-, uni-”) + beann (“antler”) + -ach.


河童

/kapawarapa/ → /kawawappa/ → /kawappa/ → /kappa/
Originally a compound of 川 (kapa → kawa, “river”) + 童 (warapa → wappa, “child”).

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1999 September 23, “ひょうすべ [Hyōsube]”, in Vol.5, Konami:

A kappa boss with low defense strength, but surprisingly high attack strength.

カッパの親分。攻撃力は意外と高い。守備力は低め。

Kappa no oyabun. Kōgekiryoku wa igai to takai. Shubiryoku wa hikume.

2000 July 13, “サイコ・カッパー [Psycho Kappar]”, in Pharaoh’s Servant －ファラオのしもべ－, Konami:

This kappa evades attack damage with his ESP.

いろいろな超能力を使い、攻撃のダメージを防ぐカッパ。

Iroiro na chōnōryoku o tsukai, kōgeki no damēji o fusegu kappa.

(Japanese mythology, folklore) a river-dwelling imp or monster from Japanese folklore


farspeaker

From farspeak + -er. Compare German Fernsprecher (“telephone”).

"I wish I wasn't so messed up; I wish I was bigger and stronger. Or a Farspeaker like Kyril,” she replied in a very small voice. “You can't help what happened. As for being a Farspeaker, I don't think both of us together could reach someone with the Gift to hear us, and if we could, I don't know that it would do any good," he sighed.

(science fiction, fantasy) One who farspeaks.


farseer

From far + seer. Compare German Fernseher (“television”).

"I received word from the Farseer only this morning. They had been studying the motion of the central band in Brutus, […] "The men of the Farseer could not be mistaken?

1989, Jerry Pournelle, John F. Carr, The Crash of empire:

The farseer opened its right hand and its witchblade leapt from the sheath across its back and settled into his grip.

2008, Marc Gascoigne, Christian Dunn, Let the Galaxy Burn:

(fantasy) One who farsees; prophet; soothsayer; fortuneteller.

“Never mind that,” the Hunter put his hand on the barrel of the farseer. “Look now.” Damien lowered his eye to the viewpiece—and saw the […] Magnified exactly as it had been, with the farseer still fixed on the features he had chosen.

(fantasy, nonce word) An instrument or tool used to farsee; scope


ała

ała (nominative singular)
ały (nominative plural)
ały (genitive singular)
ał (genitive plural)
ale (dative singular)
ałom (dative plural)
ałę (accusative singular)
ały (accusative plural)
ałą (instrumental singular)
ałami (instrumental plural)
ale (locative singular)
ałach (locative plural)
ało (singular vocative)
ały (plural vocative)

(folklore, Slavic mythology) ala (female mythological creature recorded in the folklore of Bulgarians, Macedonians, and Serbs; a demon of bad weather whose main purpose is to lead hail-producing thunderclouds in the direction of fields, vineyards, or orchards to destroy the crops, or loot and take them away)


loremaster

From lore + master, possibly a learned borrowing from Middle English or calque of Middle English lore maistir (“teacher of knowledge”).

calque

The beginnings lie back in the Black Years, which only the lore-masters now remember.

1954 July 29, J[ohn] R[onald] R[euel] Tolkien, “The Shadow of the Past”, in The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings, New York, N.Y.: Ballantine Books, published September 1973, →ISBN, page 81:

Wizards, let's face it, are natural-born meddlers! Alchemists, inventors, king-makers, prophets, seers, spell-casters, loremasters, teachers, initiators, magicians, visionaries—Wizards are perpetually engaged in world-transformation, trying to make the world a better place for everyone.

2004, Oberon Zell-Ravenheart, Grimoire for the Apprentice Wizard, Book-mart Press, →ISBN, page 2:

“I’m a student of Labarnon’s, the great loremaster of the Higher Academy in the Capital, and I’m studying ancient ruins. Southern Datana has not been examined very much.”

2009, Brian Libby, Storm Approaching, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 134:

Zalaman’s eyes twinkled. “Though many loremasters dwell in Corsand, I desired written accounts. Loremasters hold much of their knowledge locked inside their blessed heads. ¶ […]”

2009, Kevin J. Herbst, The Stone of Zoral, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 237:

(chiefly fantasy) A wise person with knowledge of lore in any number of topics, such as history, genealogy, ancient poetry and possibly magic as well. A scholar


gnoll

According to A Brief History of Gnolls, by Paul Haynie, they were created by Lord Dunsany in "How Nuth Would Have Practiced His Art Upon the Gnoles", and the name was likely derived from a playing field of the Welsh All Blacks known as the Gnoll, probably derived from English knoll.

(fantasy) A usually evil and hyena-like humanoid creature found in various forms in fantasy literature and video games.


Buffy

A pet form of Elizabeth (cf. Bethy), based on a child's unsuccessful attempts to pronounce the name. Popularized by the Buffy the Vampire Slayer franchise.

A diminutive of the female given name Elizabeth.


Alice in Wonderland syndrome

en-noun

Alice in Wonderland syndrome (uncountable)

After Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865; often known as Alice in Wonderland), in which the protagonist changes size after consuming a potion and a cake.

Three cases of "Alice in Wonderland" syndrome (metamorphopsia) are presented and described as a presenting symptom of infectious mono nucleosis in a preadolescent male and in two late teenage females.

1977 February, Stuart M. Copperman, “" Alice in Wonderland" Syndrome as a Presenting Symptom of Infectious Mononucleosis in Children: A Description of Three Affected Young People”, in Clinical pediatrics, volume 16, number 2, page 143:

Alice in Wonderland syndrome (AIWS) is characterized by visual hallucinations and bizarre perceptual distortions.

1998 August, Yung-Ting Kuo, Nan-Chang Chiu, Ein-Yiao Shen, Che-Sheng Ho, Ming-CheWu, “Cerebral perfusion in children with Alice in Wonderland syndrome”, in Pediatric neurology, volume 19, number 2, page 105:

After all, Alice in Wonderland syndrome was, until recently, believed to be so rare that most university courses in medicine, psychology and the neurosciences did not even bother to address it.

2019, Jan Dirk Blom, Alice in Wonderland Syndrome:

(medicine, neurology) A disorienting neurological condition involving micropsia, macropsia, or size distortion of other sensory modalities.

Alice in Wonderland syndrome
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Lewis Carroll

syndrome d’Alice au pays des merveilles

neurological condition affecting the perception of size

síndrome de Alice no país das maravilhas


փիւնիկ

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փիւնիկ • (pʻiwnik)

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փիւնիկ • (pʻiwnik)

pʻiwnik (romanization)
փիւնիկ (nominative singular)
փիւնիկք (nominative plural)
փիւնկի (genitive singular)
փիւնկի (dative singular)
փիւնիկ (accusative singular)
փիւնիկս (accusative plural)
փիւնկէ (ablative singular)
փիւնկի (locative singular)
փիւնիկս (locative plural)
փիւնիկ (nominative singular)
փիւնկան (genitive singular)
փիւնիկ (accusative singular)

xcl-decl-noun

the instrumental singular and the genitive/dative/instrumental plural are not attested, which does not allow determining whether the word followed an i-type or an i-a-type declension

→ Armenian: փյունիկ (pʻyunik) (learned)

→ Old Georgian: ფუვინკაჲ (puvinḳay)

Է թռչուն ինչ ի հնդիկս, որ կոչի փիւնիքս։ Ըստ հինգհարիւր ամին գայ ի ծառսն Լիբանանու եւ լնու զերկոսին թեւսն իւր խնկաւք․ եւ երթայ ազդ առնէ քրմին Արեգ քաղաքի ի յամսեան պայեմոդի կամ ի փարմոդի, այսինքն արեգ կամ ի կանխոց։ […] Փոնիքս աւրինակ կենարարին բերէ
Ē tʻṙčʻun inčʻ i hndiks, or kočʻi pʻiwnikʻs. Əst hinghariwr amin gay i caṙsn Libananu ew lnu zerkosin tʻewsn iwr xnkawkʻ; ew ertʻay azd aṙnē kʻrmin Areg kʻałakʻi i yamsean payemodi kam i pʻarmodi, aysinkʻn areg kam i kanxocʻ.[…] Pʻonikʻs awrinak kenararin berē

5th century, with changes and additions in later centuries, Baroyaxōs [Physiologus] Earliest recension (TR).10.2–3, 10

There is a bird in India called phoenix. Every five hundred years it comes to the trees of Lebanon and fills both its wings with incense, and goes to inform the priest of Heliopolis, in the month Phamenoth or Pharmuthi, that is Areg or the preceding months [i.e. Meheki]. […] The phoenix represents the Saviour


気配

From Old Japanese けわい, previously spelled as けはひ and probably originally realized as /kepapi/. This derived as a compound of 気 (ke, “atmosphere, spirit; feeling, mood”) + 這ひ (hahi → hai, “creeping, crawling; spreading”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 這う hau, “to crawl, to creep; to spread along the ground, to spread around”).
The 配 (hai, “distribution”) kanji was applied to the hai portion of the reading as an example of ateji (当て字).

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2002 August 22, Akinobu Uraku, “第(だい)51(ごじゅういち)話(わ) 泣(な)き虫(むし)テイル [Chapter 51: Tail the Crybaby]”, in 東京アンダーグラウンド [Tokyo Underground], volume 9 (fiction), Tokyo: Enix, →ISBN, page 128:

On the contrary, doing that too perfectly makes you stand out in a crowded area

完璧すぎんだよ 人ゴミの中で逆に浮いてたぜ

Kanpeki sugin da yo Hitogomi no naka de gyaku ni uite ta ze

完璧すぎんだよ 人ゴミの中で逆に浮いてたぜ

2004 August 17, CLAMP, “Chapitre(シャピトル).43(よんじゅうさん) 見(み)えない未(み)来(らい) [Chapitre 43: The Unseen Future]”, in ツバサ ＲＥＳＥＲＶｏｉｒ ＣＨＲｏＮｉＣＬＥ [Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle], volume 7 (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN, page 29:

Kurogane-san’s aura is different from other people’s from yesterday in Ōto, which means auras vary even among the same kind of living being

黒鋼さんの気配だ昨日の桜都国の人達とは違う 同じ生きているものでも気配はそれぞれ違うんだ

Kurogane-san no kehai da kinō no Ōtokoku no hitotachi to wa chigau Onaji ikite iru mono de mo kehai wa sorezore chigau n da

2004 November 9, Hideaki Sorachi, “第(だい)二(に)十(じゅう)四(よん)訓(くん) 昔(むかし)の武(ぶ)勇(ゆう)伝(でん)は三割(わり)増(まし)で話(はな)せ 盛(も)り上(あが)がればいいんだよ 盛(も)り上(あが)がれば [Lesson 24: Triple-Brag about Your Exploits and Everyone Will Be Real Pumped Up I Swear]”, in 銀魂 [Silver Soul], volume 4 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:

Don’t you dare even wiggle. Kill your aura, we’re becoming one with nature. You’ll be a part of the universe and it’ll be a part of you…

いいか絶対動くなよ 気配を殺せ自然と一体なるだ お前は宇宙の一部であり宇宙はお前の一部だ…

Ii ka zettai ugoku na yo Kehai o korose shizen to ittai naru da Omae wa uchū no ichibu de ari uchū wa omae no ichibu da…

(fantasy) a sort of “aura” or “chi” radiated from people or things that denotes their nearby presence


仙法

仙術: a specific technique of mystical sagehood

(fantasy, manga) magic, spellcraft, witchcraft, wizardry, sorcery


ققنوس

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ققنوس • (qaqnus) (plural ققنوسها (qaqnus-hâ))

qaqnus (romanization)
ققنوسها (plural)
ققنوس (singular)
qaqnus (singular)
ققنوسها (plural)
qaqnus-hấ (plural)
ققنوسا (colloquial plural)
qaqnusấ (plural)
ققنوس را (definite direct-object singular)
qaqnus râ (definite direct-object singular)
ققنوس رو (colloquial definite direct-object singular)
qaqnuso (definite direct-object singular)
ققنوسها را (definite direct-object plural)
qaqnus-hấ râ (definite direct-object plural)
ققنوسا رو (colloquial definite direct-object plural)
qaqnusấ ro (definite direct-object plural)
ققنوس (ezafe singular)
qaqnus-e (ezafe singular)
ققنوسهای (ezafe plural)
qaqnus-hấ-ye (ezafe plural)
ققنوسای (colloquial ezafe plural)
qaqnusấ-ye (ezafe plural)
ققنوسی (definite relative singular)
ققنوسی (indefinite singular stressed)
qaqnus-i (definite relative singular)
qaqnus-i (indefinite singular stressed)
ققنوسهایی (definite plural relative)
ققنوسهایی (indefinite plural stressed)
qaqnusấn-i, qaqnus-hấ-i (definite plural relative)
qaqnusấn-i, qaqnus-hấ-i (indefinite plural stressed)
ققنوسایی (colloquial definite plural relative)
ققنوسایی (colloquial indefinite plural stressed)
qaqnusấi (definite plural relative)
qaqnusấi (indefinite plural stressed)
ققنوسم (first-person possessive singular)
qaqnusam (first-person possessive singular)
ققنوسهایم (first-person possessive singular)
qaqnus-hấyam (first-person possessive singular)
ققنوسهام، ققنوسام (colloquial first-person possessive singular)
qaqnusấm (first-person possessive singular)
ققنوست (possessive second-person singular)
qaqnusat (possessive second-person singular)
Term? (colloquial possessive second-person singular)
qaqnuset (possessive second-person singular)
ققنوسهایت (possessive second-person singular)
qaqnus-hấyat (possessive second-person singular)
ققنوسهات، ققنوسات (colloquial possessive second-person singular)
qaqnusất (possessive second-person singular)
ققنوسش (possessive singular third-person)
qaqnusaš (possessive singular third-person)
Term? (colloquial possessive singular third-person)
qaqnuseš (possessive singular third-person)
ققنوسهایش (possessive singular third-person)
qaqnus-hấyaš (possessive singular third-person)
ققنوسهاش، ققنوساش (colloquial possessive singular third-person)
qaqnusấš (possessive singular third-person)
ققنوسمان (first-person plural possessive)
qaqnusemân (first-person plural possessive)
ققنوسمون (colloquial first-person plural possessive)
qaqnusemun (first-person plural possessive)
ققنوسهایمان (first-person plural possessive)
qaqnus-hấyemân (first-person plural possessive)
ققنوسهامون، ققنوسامون (colloquial first-person plural possessive)
qaqnusấmun (first-person plural possessive)
ققنوستان (plural possessive second-person)
qaqnusetân (plural possessive second-person)
ققنوستون (colloquial plural possessive second-person)
qaqnusetun (plural possessive second-person)
ققنوسهایتان (plural possessive second-person)
qaqnus-hấyetân (plural possessive second-person)
ققنوسهاتون، ققنوساتون (colloquial plural possessive second-person)
qaqnusấtun (plural possessive second-person)
ققنوسشان (plural possessive third-person)
qaqnusešân (plural possessive third-person)
ققنوسشون (colloquial plural possessive third-person)
qaqnusešun (plural possessive third-person)
ققنوسهایشان (plural possessive third-person)
qaqnus-hấyešân (plural possessive third-person)
ققنوسهاشون، ققنوساشون (colloquial plural possessive third-person)
qaqnusấšun (plural possessive third-person)
ققنوسم (first-person predicative singular)
qaqnusam (first-person predicative singular)
ققنوسیم (first-person plural predicative)
qaqnusim (first-person plural predicative)
ققنوسی (predicative second-person singular)
qaqnusi (predicative second-person singular)
ققنوسید (plural predicative second-person)
qaqnusid (plural predicative second-person)
ققنوسین (colloquial plural predicative second-person)
qaqnusin (plural predicative second-person)
ققنوس است (predicative singular third-person)
qaqnus ast (predicative singular third-person)
ققنوسه (colloquial predicative singular third-person)
qaqnuse (predicative singular third-person)
ققنوسند (plural predicative third-person)
qaqnusand (plural predicative third-person)
ققنوسن (colloquial plural predicative third-person)
qaqnusan (plural predicative third-person)

Borrowed from Arabic قُقْنُوس (quqnūs), from Ancient Greek κύκνος (kúknos, “swan”).


ققنوس

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قُقنُوس • (quqnūs) m (Hindi spelling क़ुक़नूस)

قُقنُوس (canonical)
quqnūs (romanization)
क़ुक़नूस (Hindi)

Borrowed from Classical Persian قُقنُوس, from Arabic قُقْنُس (quqnus).


werewolfdom

Werewolf of London (1935) was one of the earliest Hollywood films about werewolfdom; as such, it is ponderous and self-important.

1986, David Hogan, Dark Romance: Sexuality in the Horror Film - Page 43:

Werewolfdom is caused by a virus, somewhat like rabies, which liberates an atavistic part of the brain that human beings have lost.

2001, Lindo J. Holland-Toll, As American As Mom, Baseball, and Apple Pie:

Stories about running with Samson in their early days of werewolfdom, most of which ended with Samson waking up naked on the front porch of a ranger station.

2011, Molly Harper, How to Flirt with a Naked Werewolf:

The state of being a werewolf; werewolfism; lycanthropy.


雪女

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雪(ゆき)女(おんな) • (yuki onna) ^(←ゆきをんな (yukiwonna)?)

雪女 (canonical)
yuki onna (romanization)
yukiwonna (romanization)
ゆきをんな (hiragana historical)

[jɯ̟kʲiõ̞nːa̠]

Compound of 雪 (yuki, “snow”) + 女 (onna, “woman”). First mentioned in a text from the late 1500s.

1888, Okamoto Kido, “Kago tsurube”, in Aozora, published 2008:

傘も持たないで門に立ったのは妹のお光であった。雪はますます強くなって来たらしく、彼女の総身は雪女のように真っ白に塗られていた。

Kasa mo motanai de kado ni tatta no wa imōto no ohikari de atta. Yuki wa masumasu tsuyoku natte kita rashiku, kanojo no sōshin wa yuki onna no yō ni masshiro ni nurarete ita.

Standing in the entrance without holding even an umbrella was his younger sister Ohikari. It seemed like the snow had become increasingly stronger; her whole body was painted with snow, like a yuki-onna.

yuki-onna (“snow-woman”): spirit of a woman who perished out in the snow

Daijirin
Daijisen
Kyōsuke Kindaichi
ja:松村明
yuki onna

雨女

a woman whose presence always seems to bring rain

雨男

a man whose presence always seems to bring rain

骨女

a female apparition who appears as a skeletal woman


Draach

From Middle High German trache, from Old High German trahho, from Proto-West Germanic *drakō.


spellfire

Just the tiniest speck of spellfire pushed into his palm.

1995, Lucy Sussex, Judith Raphael Buckrich, She's fantastical, page 191:

She gains one level of spellfire energy for every spell level absorbed and can store a number of spellfire energy levels equal to her Constitution.

2001, Sean K. Reynolds, Angel Leigh McCoy, Duane Maxwell, Magic of Faerun:

Jerzy watched the two of them, coming to Agreement over the flickering tendrils of spellfire, and felt something twist in his gut.

2009, Laura Anne Gilman, Flesh and Fire, page 370:

(fantasy) The exchange of shots or explosive blasts of spells (from a wand, staff, etc.) as in magical combat.


warg

Learned borrowing from Old Norse vargr (“wolf”), reintroduced by J. R. R. Tolkien; compare also Old English wearg.

lbor

But even the wild Wargs (for so the evil wolves over the Edge of the Wild were named) cannot climb trees. […] Every now and then all the Wargs in the circle would answer their grey chief all together, and their dreadful clamour almost made the hobbit fall out of his pine-tree.

1937 September 21, J[ohn] R[onald] R[euel] Tolkien, “Out of the Frying-pan into the Fire”, in The Hobbit: Or There and Back Again, revised edition, New York, N.Y.: Ballantine Books, published February 1966 (August 1967 printing), →OCLC, page 105:

My question is do all of the executable versions for PC compatibles have the color option enabled? If so, what am I missing to not get say yellow for a hill orc, grey for a goblin, white for my pet, red for a wolf, brown for a warg, etc?

1993, jbatka, “Multiple colors for PC compatible”, in rec.hack (Usenet):

He'd bought a ton of silver to forge magic swords that would slay the Stark wargs.

1999, George R. R. Martin, A Clash of Kings, Bantam, published 2011, page 462:

The monsters are identified not as trolls, a word apparently not available in English at the time, but (among other things) as wargs, whatever that means; Grendel is called a heoro-wearh at line 1267 and his mother a grund-wyrgen at line 1518.

2007, Stephen O. Glosecki, Myth in Northwest Europe:

(fantasy, mythology) A type of particularly wild or hostile wolf.


sátiro

From Latin satyrus, from Ancient Greek σάτυρος (sáturos).


wereleopard

They are believed to be "Ju-Ju" or were-leopards, and in this guise to roam through the forest in bands, bent on evil and destruction.

1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 168:

A) “One of them was a wereleopard; the other was a werewolf; both of them were strippers.”

2008 June 22, Dwight Garner, “Inside the List”, in New York Times:

While there'd been whispers about the Pack being unhappy with me for entangling myself with a wereleopard, Caitlyn wasn't just a wereleopard to me. She was my mate. A wolf didn't choose those kinds of things.

2019, Sarah Makela, The Leopard Who Claimed A Wolf: New Adult Shifter Romance, Kissa Press LLC, →ISBN:

(fantasy, mythology) A shapeshifter who can change between leopard and human form.

léopard-garou

shapeshifter assuming the shape of a leopard


法師

CJKV/code

Sino-Xenic (法師):
* → Japanese: 法(ほう)師(し) (hōshi)
* → Korean: 법사(法師) (beopsa)
* → Vietnamese: pháp sư (法師)

/fä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/

/huat̚⁵⁻²⁴ sɯ³³/

/fä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/

/huat̚⁵⁻²⁴ sɯ³³/


vampirette

The bond with the dead, at once sister and young bride, may give us another perspective on the same-sex eroticism that, all agree, this male writer imagines and creates between the vampirette and her victim.

1999, Laurence A. Rickels, The vampire lectures, page 161:

There will be no stores open at midnight for the latest Pinkwater, no nerd swarms, girl gaggles or nerd-girl swaggles, cloaked as wizards or vampirettes, whining at the doors, demanding completion.

2009 April 12, Larry Doyle, “Iggy in Underland”, in New York Times:


bazilisko

eo-head

bazilisko (accusative singular baziliskon, plural baziliskoj, accusative plural baziliskojn)

baziliskon (accusative singular)
baziliskoj (plural)
baziliskojn (accusative plural)


rusalka

en-noun

rusalka (plural rusalkas or rusalky or rusalki)

rusalkas (plural)
rusalky (plural)
rusalki (plural)

From Russian руса́лка (rusálka, “mermaid, siren”). Doublet of rosalia.

bor

She is now a rusalka, a water spirit; in revenge she sends their daughter, a rusalochka, to lure him into the water.

2009 March 1, Alastair Macaulay, “What Do Aquawomen Want?”, in New York Times:

(Slavic mythology) A female water spirit that leads handsome men to their deaths underwater.


rusalka

(Slavic mythology) rusalka (female water spirit that leads handsome men to their deaths)


rusalka

head

rusalka (definite accusative rusalkayı, plural rusalkalar)

rusalkayı (accusative definite)
rusalkalar (plural)
rusalka (nominative singular)
rusalkalar (nominative plural)
rusalkayı (accusative definite singular)
rusalkaları (accusative definite plural)
rusalkaya (dative singular)
rusalkalara (dative plural)
rusalkada (locative singular)
rusalkalarda (locative plural)
rusalkadan (ablative singular)
rusalkalardan (ablative plural)
rusalkanın (genitive singular)
rusalkaların (genitive plural)
rusalkam (first-person nominative singular)
rusalkalarım (first-person nominative singular)
rusalkan (nominative second-person singular)
rusalkaların (nominative second-person singular)
rusalkası (nominative singular third-person)
rusalkaları (nominative singular third-person)
rusalkamız (first-person nominative plural)
rusalkalarımız (first-person nominative plural)
rusalkanız (nominative plural second-person)
rusalkalarınız (nominative plural second-person)
rusalkaları (nominative plural third-person)
rusalkamı (accusative definite first-person singular)
rusalkalarımı (accusative definite first-person singular)
rusalkanı (accusative definite second-person singular)
rusalkalarını (accusative definite second-person singular)
rusalkasını (accusative definite singular third-person)
rusalkalarını (accusative definite singular third-person)
rusalkamızı (accusative definite first-person plural)
rusalkalarımızı (accusative definite first-person plural)
rusalkanızı (accusative definite plural second-person)
rusalkalarınızı (accusative definite plural second-person)
rusalkalarını (accusative definite plural third-person)
rusalkama (dative first-person singular)
rusalkalarıma (dative first-person singular)
rusalkana (dative second-person singular)
rusalkalarına (dative second-person singular)
rusalkasına (dative singular third-person)
rusalkalarına (dative singular third-person)
rusalkamıza (dative first-person plural)
rusalkalarımıza (dative first-person plural)
rusalkanıza (dative plural second-person)
rusalkalarınıza (dative plural second-person)
rusalkalarına (dative plural third-person)
rusalkamda (first-person locative singular)
rusalkalarımda (first-person locative singular)
rusalkanda (locative second-person singular)
rusalkalarında (locative second-person singular)
rusalkasında (locative singular third-person)
rusalkalarında (locative singular third-person)
rusalkamızda (first-person locative plural)
rusalkalarımızda (first-person locative plural)
rusalkanızda (locative plural second-person)
rusalkalarınızda (locative plural second-person)
rusalkalarında (locative plural third-person)
rusalkamdan (ablative first-person singular)
rusalkalarımdan (ablative first-person singular)
rusalkandan (ablative second-person singular)
rusalkalarından (ablative second-person singular)
rusalkasından (ablative singular third-person)
rusalkalarından (ablative singular third-person)
rusalkamızdan (ablative first-person plural)
rusalkalarımızdan (ablative first-person plural)
rusalkanızdan (ablative plural second-person)
rusalkalarınızdan (ablative plural second-person)
rusalkalarından (ablative plural third-person)
rusalkamın (first-person genitive singular)
rusalkalarımın (first-person genitive singular)
rusalkanın (genitive second-person singular)
rusalkalarının (genitive second-person singular)
rusalkasının (genitive singular third-person)
rusalkalarının (genitive singular third-person)
rusalkamızın (first-person genitive plural)
rusalkalarımızın (first-person genitive plural)
rusalkanızın (genitive plural second-person)
rusalkalarınızın (genitive plural second-person)
rusalkalarının (genitive plural third-person)

From Russian руса́лка (rusálka, “mermaid, siren”).


Haietlik

(mythology) A mythical sea serpent from Nootka mythology.


полевой

ru-noun+

полево́й • (polevój) m anim (genitive полево́го, nominative plural полевы́е, genitive plural полевы́х)

полево́й (canonical)
polevój (romanization)
полево́го (genitive)
полевы́е (nominative plural)
полевы́х (genitive plural)
полево́й (nominative singular)
полевы́е (nominative plural)
полево́го (genitive singular)
полевы́х (genitive plural)
полево́му (dative singular)
полевы́м (dative plural)
полево́го (accusative singular)
полевы́х (accusative plural)
полевы́м (instrumental singular)
полевы́ми (instrumental plural)
полево́м (prepositional singular)
полевы́х (plural prepositional)

Ru-полевой.ogg

(mythology) polevoy, a field spirit or sprite


antivampire

en-adj

antivampire (comparative more antivampire, superlative most antivampire)

more antivampire (comparative)
most antivampire (superlative)

This is a revealing passage, for van Helsing is the stern realist, the guiding hand directing the antivampire confederacy.

1996, Howard L. Malchow, Gothic images of race in nineteenth-century Britain, page 146:

The Oscar, Time, and Murrow formed a magical antivampire crucifix that would do more than protect Mr. S from the bloodsuckers of Hollywood; this figurative talisman would also convert the naysayers into idolators.

2003, George Jacobs, William Stadiem, Mr. S: my life with Frank Sinatra, page 137:

(folklore, fantasy) Opposing or countering vampires.


werecat

(fantasy, mythology) A shapeshifter who can change between cat and human form.

貓人

shapeshifter assuming the shape of a cat


Drachenfutter

de-noun

Drachenfutter n (strong, genitive Drachenfutters, no plural)

Drachenfutters (genitive)
Drachenfutter (nominative singular)
Drachenfutters (genitive singular)
Drachenfutter (dative singular)
Drachenfutter (accusative singular)

Das nächstemal that der Mann ein bischen Rattengift in das Drachenfutter.

The next time the man put a little rat poison in the dragon fodder.

(fantasy, fiction) dragon fodder, dragon food


naiade

From Latin naias, from Ancient Greek Νᾱϊάς (Nāïás, “naiad”), from νάειν (náein, “to flow”).


nuno

(folklore, mythology) goblin in Philippine folklore believed to live in anthills


ܒܗܡܘܬ

head

ܒܗܡܘܬ • (behmōṯ) f

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew בְּהֵמוֹת (bəhēmôṯ).


ケルベロス

[ke̞ɾɯ̟be̞ɾo̞sɨ]

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Κέρβερος (Kérberos).

lbor

(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Cerberus, the mythical three-headed dog


ondina

(alchemy, folklore) undine, water sprite


狼男

ja-noun

狼(おおかみ)男(おとこ) • (ōkamiotoko) ^(←おほかみをとこ (ofokamiwotoko)?)

狼男 (canonical)
ōkamiotoko (romanization)
ofokamiwotoko (romanization)
おほかみをとこ (hiragana historical)

From 狼 (ōkami, “wolf”) + 男 (otoko, “human male”). Compare English werewolf (from were (“adult human male”) + wolf), German Werwolf, Dutch weerwolf.


ghast

Poetic abbreviation of ghastly. Use as a noun influenced by ghost.

The cliff-ghast wrenched off the fox's head, and fought his brothers for the entrails.

2000, Philip Pullman, The Amber Spyglass:

The most powerful of all undead creatures, ghasts feed on ghosts, dead souls and, most especially, live ones. They want to take over Iltior and set up a ghast empire.

2007, Ian Irvine, Runcible Jones & the Buried City:

(fantasy) An evil spirit or monster; a ghoul.


orko

eo-head

orko (accusative singular orkon, plural orkoj, accusative plural orkojn)

orkon (accusative singular)
orkoj (plural)
orkojn (accusative plural)

From English orc, ultimately from Latin Orcus. Doublet of ogro and orcino.

The orcs must have robbed them but been afraid to keep the knives, for they knew what they were: works of the Westlands, magically put together in order to cause Mordor ill.

2007, J. R. R. Tolkien, translated by William Auld, La du turegoj, 2nd edition, translation of The Two Towers (in English):


quidditch

Muggle quidditch
Muggle quidditch#English


churel

As a churel she now prowls about the neighbourhood with her child in her arms.

1895, William Crooke, North Indian Notes and Queries, page 39:

The Churel, or woman dying in chold-birth, has been mentioned elsewhere.

1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 32:

He talked in whispers, and with the utmost respect, of the churel that might be listening overhead.

1953, The Virginia Quarterly Review, volume 29, page 410:

In Hindu folklore, the ghost of a woman who died during childbirth, pregnancy; or a witch.


犬神

A (guardian) dog spirit; an attendant/familiar spirit: In Japanese mythology an inugami (lit. a "dog spirit") is a type of shikigami (式神), similar to a familiar spirit, resembling, and usually originating from, a dog, and most commonly carrying out vengeance or acting as guardians on behalf of their 'owner'.


物の怪

Compound of 物 (mono, “thing”) + の (no, possessive particle) + 怪 (ke, “spirit”).


moldu

fr-noun

moldu m (plural moldus, feminine moldue)


homlupo

eo-head

homlupo (accusative singular homlupon, plural homlupoj, accusative plural homlupojn)

homlupon (accusative singular)
homlupoj (plural)
homlupojn (accusative plural)

October 30, 1999, Don Harlow, "Re: Hallowe'en", soc.culture.esperanto
Almenaux en la usona (eble ankaux angla) tradicio, la luphomo aux homlupo (lukantropo aux likantropo) estas aliel tute ordinara homo, kiu sub difinitaj kondicxoj farigxas lupo aux estajxo, kiu similas lupon, kaj kies mangxopreferoj enkludas la homan viandon, malsame ol ordinaraj lupoj, kiuj prereras musojn, domkatojn, kaj aliajn malgrandajn frandajxojn.

(please add an English translation of this quotation)

[title:] La Homlupoj de St. James

2016, A. A. Bort, La Homlupoj de St. James, →ISBN:

Estante homlupo, li hurlos kaj ŝanĝos sian korpon sub la lumo de la luno.

2017, Knal Majsner, Doni vivon por vivo, Michael Lennartz:

Andrea naskiĝis en familio de homlupoj.

2018, Laure Patas d’Illiers, “Homlupo”, in Belarta rikolto 2018: Premiitaj verkoj de la Belartaj Konkursoj de Universala Esperanto-Asocio, New York, N.Y.: Mondial, →ISBN, page 29:

Andrea was born into a family of werewolves.


zombio

zombio (accusative singular zombion, plural zombioj, accusative plural zombiojn)

zombion (accusative singular)
zombioj (plural)
zombiojn (accusative plural)

Borrowed from English zombie, ultimately from a Bantu language. Compare Kongo nzambi (“god”), zumbi (“fetish”), and Kimbundu nzumbi (“ghost”).

La resto de la mondo kondutas kiel zombioj kaj servas la homojn kiuj parolas angle.

2000, Hans Kamp, “Double meanings”, in alt.support.autism (Usenet):

The rest of the world behave like zombies and serves the people that speak English.

Li prilaboris novan filmon, kiu nomiĝas Attack of the Moon Zombies (“Atako de la Lunaj Zombioj”)

2011 May-June, “Nun eĉ eksterteraj zombioj parolas Esperanton”, in Usona Esperantisto, →ISSN, page 5:

He worked on a new film named Attack of the Moon Zombies ("Attack of the Moon Zombies")

Unue, multaj “normaluloj” surpriziĝas aŭdante pri publikigo de libro verkita en Esperanto (des pli se poemaro!) aŭ pri koncerto de rokmuzika E-bando; ili kredadis la lingvon, la aferon Esperanto morta, kaj jen tamen ĝi plu vivas, aŭ almenaŭ moviĝas simile al estulo vivanta, kiel filmaj zombioj faras.

2014 March, Jorge Camacho, “Motivoj por ne kabei”, in Beletra Almanako, page 74:

For one, many "normal people" are surprised to hear about the publication of a new book written in Esperanto (even more if it's a poetry collection!) or about a concert of an Esperanto rock music band; they thought the Esperanto language and cause were dead, and yet here it still is, living, or at least moving similarly to a living being, as film zombies do.

Sed, antaŭ tio, la pafilojn ŝargas
side, en siaj hejmoj, la zombioj.

2016, Jorge Camacho, “La zombioj”, in Strangaj spikoj, page 141:

But, before that, the guns are loaded
by those sitting in their homes, the zombies.


deamhan fola

head

deamhan fola m (genitive singular deamhain fhola, nominative plural deamhain fhola)

deamhain fhola (genitive singular)
deamhain fhola (nominative plural)
deamhan fola (mutation mutation-radical)
dheamhan fola (lenition mutation)
ndeamhan fola (eclipsis mutation)


vaimpír

vaimpír f (genitive singular vaimpíre, nominative plural vaimpírí)

vaimpíre (genitive singular)
vaimpírí (nominative plural)
vaimpír (indefinite nominative singular)
vaimpírí (indefinite nominative plural)
a vaimpír (indefinite singular vocative)
a vaimpírí (indefinite plural vocative)
vaimpíre (genitive indefinite singular)
vaimpírí (genitive indefinite plural)
vaimpír (dative indefinite singular)
vaimpírí (dative indefinite plural)
an vaimpír (definite nominative singular)
na vaimpírí (definite nominative plural)
na vaimpíre (definite genitive singular)
na vaimpírí (definite genitive plural)
leis an vaimpír (dative definite singular)
don vaimpír (dative definite singular)
leis na vaimpírí (dative definite plural)

Borrowed from English vampire, from French vampire, from German Vampir, from a Slavic word.


ܛܠܢܝܬܐ

aii-noun

ܛܸܠܵܢ̈ܝܵܬ݂ܵܐ

ܛܸܠܵܢܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ • (ṭillānīṯā) f (plural ܛܸܠܵܢ̈ܝܵܬ݂ܵܐ (ṭillānyāṯā))

ܛܸܠܵܢܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ (canonical)
ṭillānīṯā (romanization)
ܛܸܠܵܢ̈ܝܵܬ݂ܵܐ (plural)
ܛܸܠܵܢܝܼܬ݂ܝܼ (first-person possessed-form singular)
ṭillānīṯī (first-person possessed-form singular)
ܛܸܠܵܢܝܼܬ݂ܲܢ (first-person plural possessed-form)
ṭillānīṯan (first-person plural possessed-form)
ܛܸܠܵܢܝܼܬ݂ (construct singular)
ṭillānīṯ (construct singular)
ܛܸܠܵܢܝܼܬ݂ܘܼܟ݂ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
ṭillānīṯūḵ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
ܛܸܠܵܢܝܼܬ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
ṭillānīṯāḵ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
ܛܸܠܵܢܝܼܬ݂ܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (plural possessed-form second-person)
ṭillānīṯāwḵōn (plural possessed-form second-person)
ܛܸܠܵܢܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ (emphatic singular)
ṭillānīṯā (emphatic singular)
ܛܸܠܵܢܝܼܬ݂ܹܗ (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
ṭillānīṯēh (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
ܛܸܠܵܢܝܼܬ݂ܵܗ̇ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
ṭillānīṯāh (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
ܛܸܠܵܢܝܼܬ݂ܗܘܿܢ (plural possessed-form third-person)
ṭillānīṯhōn (plural possessed-form third-person)
ܛܸܠܵܢܝܵܬ݂ܝܼ̈ (first-person possessed-form singular)
ṭillānyāṯī (first-person possessed-form singular)
ܛܸܠܵܢܝܵܬ݂ܲܢ̈ (first-person plural possessed-form)
ṭillānyāṯan (first-person plural possessed-form)
ܛܸܠܵܢܝܵܬ݂̈ (construct plural)
ṭillānyāṯ (construct plural)
ܛܸܠܵܢܝܵܬ݂ܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
ṭillānyāṯūḵ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
ܛܸܠܵܢܝܵܬ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
ṭillānyāṯāḵ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
ܛܸܠܵܢܝܵܬ݂ܵܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (plural possessed-form second-person)
ṭillānyāṯāwḵōn (plural possessed-form second-person)
ܛܸܠܵܢܝܵܬ݂ܹ̈ܐ (emphatic plural)
ṭillānyāṯē (emphatic plural)
ܛܸܠܵܢܝܵܬ݂ܘܼ̈ܗܝ (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
ṭillānyāṯūh (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
ܛܸܠܵܢܝܵܬ݂̈ܘܿܗ̇ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
ṭillānyāṯōh (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
ܛܸܠܵܢܝܵܬ݂ܗ̈ܘܿܢ (plural possessed-form third-person)
ṭillānyāṯhōn (plural possessed-form third-person)

aii-infl-noun

ܛܸܠܵܢܝܵܬ݂ܹ̈ܐ

ܛܸܠܵܢܝܼܬ݂ܘܼܟ݂

ܛܸܠܵܢܝܼܬ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ

ܛܸܠܵܢܝܼܬ݂ܵܗ̇

ܛܸܠܵܢܝܼܬ݂ܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ

ܛܸܠܵܢܝܼܬ݂ܗܘܿܢ

ܛܸܠܵܢܝܵܬ݂ܝܼ̈

ܛܸܠܵܢܝܵܬ݂ܘܼ̈ܟ݂

ܛܸܠܵܢܝܵܬ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ̈

ܛܸܠܵܢܝܵܬ݂ܘܼ̈ܗܝ

ܛܸܠܵܢܝܵܬ݂̈ܘܿܗ̇

ܛܸܠܵܢܝܵܬ݂ܲܢ̈

ܛܸܠܵܢܝܵܬ݂ܵܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ

ܛܸܠܵܢܝܵܬ݂ܗ̈ܘܿܢ

Root
 ܛ ܠ ܠ (ṭ l l)
 0 terms
Derived from the noun ܛܸܠܠܵܐ (ṭillā, “shade”).

specter/spectre, in Assyrian folklore a genus of ghost or supernatural creatures resembling humans, said to live human-like lives, and are not inherently good or evil


霊鬼

a spirit of the dead (particularly malevolent)

appearing in folk tales told in the northeast of Japan

座敷童: a red-faced ghost of a child haunting an old house


mannerpunk

I have a fondness for mannerpunk mysteries....

1998, Misha MCM, “Blue Eyes”, in soc.bi (Usenet):

This type of POV is particularly valuable for stories which are heavy on characters and theme, those that "say something." One wouldn't ordinarily choose it for a PWP (plot? what plot?) romp unless engaged in mannerpunk.

1998, Macedon, “Craft of Writing 3 (point of view)”, in alt.startrek.creative (Usenet):

A subgenre of fantasy literature that takes place within an elaborate social structure and resembles a comedy of manners.


shetani

Borrowed from Swahili shetani, from Arabic شَيْطَان (šayṭān).

der

Arabic شَيْطَان (šayṭān)

An evil spirit from East African mythology, often the subject of artwork.


shetani

→ English: shetani

Arabic شَيْطَان (šayṭān)


luchorp

head

luchorp m (genitive luchuirp, nominative plural luchuirp)

luchuirp (genitive)
luchuirp (nominative plural)
luchorp (masculine nominative singular stem)
luchorp (dual masculine nominative stem)
luchuirp (masculine nominative plural stem)
luchuirp (masculine singular stem vocative)
luchorp (dual masculine stem vocative)
luchorpu (masculine plural stem vocative)
luchorp (accusative masculine singular stem)
luchorp (accusative dual masculine stem)
luchorpu (accusative masculine plural stem)
luchuirp (genitive masculine singular stem)
luchorp (dual genitive masculine stem)
luchorp (genitive masculine plural stem)
luchorp (dative masculine singular stem)
luchorpaib (dative dual masculine stem)
luchorpaib (dative masculine plural stem)
luchorp (mutation mutation-radical)
also lluchorp after a proclitic (mutation mutation-radical)
ending in a vowel (mutation mutation-radical)
luchorp (mutation mutation-nasal)


mad hatter

The term is attested since at least the 1790s. See mad as a hatter.


魔力

ja-noun

魔(ま)力(りょく) or 魔(ま)力(りき) • (maryoku or mariki)

魔力 (canonical)
魔力 (canonical)
maryoku (romanization)
mariki (romanization)

[ma̠ɾʲo̞kɯ̟]


кикимора

ru-noun+

кики́мора • (kikímora) f anim (genitive кики́моры, nominative plural кики́моры, genitive plural кики́мор)

кики́мора (canonical)
kikímora (romanization)
кики́моры (genitive)
кики́моры (nominative plural)
кики́мор (genitive plural)
кики́мора (nominative singular)
кики́моры (nominative plural)
кики́моры (genitive singular)
кики́мор (genitive plural)
кики́море (dative singular)
кики́морам (dative plural)
кики́мору (accusative singular)
кики́мор (accusative plural)
кики́морой (instrumental singular)
кики́морою (instrumental singular)
кики́морами (instrumental plural)
кики́море (prepositional singular)
кики́морах (plural prepositional)

→ English: kikimora

→ Spanish: kikimora

(mythology) kikimora (a female house spirit in the Slavic mythology)


kikimora

(Slavic mythology) a female house spirit in the Slavic mythology


kikimora

kikimora (nominative singular)
kikimory (nominative plural)
kikimory (genitive singular)
kikimor (genitive plural)
kikimór (genitive plural)
kikimorze (dative singular)
kikimorom (dative plural)
kikimorę (accusative singular)
kikimory (accusative plural)
kikimorą (instrumental singular)
kikimorami (instrumental plural)
kikimorze (locative singular)
kikimorach (locative plural)
kikimoro (singular vocative)
kikimory (plural vocative)


kikimora

Borrowed from Russian кики́мора (kikímora).


карлик

ru-noun+

ка́рлик • (kárlik) m anim (genitive ка́рлика, nominative plural ка́рлики, genitive plural ка́рликов, feminine ка́рлица, relational adjective ка́рликовый)

ка́рлик (canonical)
kárlik (romanization)
ка́рлика (genitive)
ка́рлики (nominative plural)
ка́рликов (genitive plural)
ка́рлица (feminine)
ка́рликовый (adjective relational)
ка́рлик (nominative singular)
ка́рлики (nominative plural)
ка́рлика (genitive singular)
ка́рликов (genitive plural)
ка́рлику (dative singular)
ка́рликам (dative plural)
ка́рлика (accusative singular)
ка́рликов (accusative plural)
ка́рликом (instrumental singular)
ка́рликами (instrumental plural)
ка́рлике (prepositional singular)
ка́рликах (plural prepositional)

Borrowed from Czech karel, karlík or Polish karlę, karzeł, karlik, all from Old High German karal, whence Middle High German karl (“little boy”) and German Kerl (“young man”). Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *karilaz.

ка́рликъ — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Потом я стала замечать на перекрёстках впереди какого-то карлика в серых лохмотьях и странной широкополой шляпе с круглым верхом.

2005, Виктор Пелевин, Шлем ужаса; English translation from Andrew Bromfield, transl., The Helmet of Horror, Edinburgh: Canongate Books, 2006:

And then on the crossroads up ahead of me I kept catching sight of a dwarf dressed in grey rags and a strange hat with a wide brim and a round crown.

Potom ja stala zamečatʹ na perekrjóstkax vperedi kakovo-to karlika v seryx loxmotʹjax i strannoj širokopoloj šljape s kruglym verxom.

dwarf (various senses), midget, gnome, pygmy, manikin, elf


付喪神

付喪神 (canonical)
tsukumogami (romanization)

the spirit of an artifact or of a tool that has gained a life of its own upon its 100th birthday


竜神

(Shinto) a dragon god also known as 海神(わたつみ) (Watatsumi), the tutelary deity of the sea in Japanese mythology


bulette

From a derogatory gallicization of bullet; coined by Tim Kask in the first edition of the official D&D magazine, Dragon, as an addition to the original Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game.

The Bulette (pronounced boo-lay), has only two semi-vulnerable spots.

1976-06, "The Bulette (a.k.a. Landshark)", "Creatures Features", The Dragon, volume 1, number 1, page 19

The classic monsters (Frankenstein, Dracula, Godzilla, most hauntings, even the dinosaurs in _Jurassic Park_, etc) are all manifestations or consequences of human arrogance and ignorance; so violence, prejudice, ethical blindness and your local bulette are all part of the same idea.

1995-06-29, The Amorphous Mass <robin...@blue.weeg.uiowa.edu>, "Re: Rotten, Sexist, Racist Worlds (WAS: Females playing...)", rec.games.frp.dnd,rec.games.frp.misc, <Pine.A32.3.91.950629164923.38897A-100000@red.weeg.uiowa.edu>#1/1

Rippersnapper was a land shark. By the mythical name, this is a bulette.

1997-04-07, Dan Davis <DAV...@docker.com>, "Re: Mithical Cretures Hits Beast Wars.", alt.toys.transformers, <33498C02.17C0@docker.com>#1/1

2001-04-20, "dave" <JobberToSt...@yahoo.com>, "OK what is a "bulette"", rec.games.roguelike.adom, <9bppfs$igu$1@uns-a.ucl.ac.uk>
My orcish barbarian who found a nice eternium 2hs in SMC was killed by a bulette in the second level of the unremarkable dungeon.

Bulettes can automatically sense the location of anything within 60 feet that is in contact with the ground.

2003, Steven Creech, Kevin Ruesch, “Torn Asunder: Critical Hits”, in Inc., Bastion Press, page 93:

The creation of some unknown arcanist in millennia past, the bulette has bred true to become one of the fiercest predators of the hills.

2009-09, Jason Bulmahn, "Bulette", Pathfinder Roleplaying Game: Bestiary, Paizo Publishing, page 39

(fantasy roleplaying games) A fictional species of land-dwelling shark in various fantasy settings, such as Dungeons & Dragons.


魔術師

魔術師 (canonical)
majutsushi (romanization)

Compound of 魔術 (majutsu, “magic, sorcery”) + 師 (shi, “master, practitioner”).

compound

(fantasy) a user of magic: a sorcerer, witch, wizard, or mage


wolfkin

Arun is in training to be a priest of the Fire God when he is abruptly plucked from his peaceful studies, bespelled and staked out as bait to capture a monster—a wolfkin. But the wolfkin isn't quite what Arun expected.

2009, Maia Strong, The Ballad of Jimothy Redwing:

There was a rumour that the rare wolfkin had been sighted in the botanical gardens in the west of the city.

2010, Kate Atkinson, Not The End Of The World, →ISBN, page 31:

Wolfkin are humanoid wolves. They have long wolf faces and thick fur. They walk on the tips of their long feet and have thick ragged wolf tails.

2014, Heather Gunn, Aspect Core Rulebook FC 2015 SC, →ISBN, page 41:

(fantasy) Any of various nonhuman and non-wolf fantasy creatures that have features of a wolf.


harpia

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἅρπυιᾰ (Hárpuia).


harpia

harpia (nominative singular)
harpie (nominative plural)
harpii (genitive singular)
harpii (genitive plural)
harpij (archaic genitive plural)
harpii (dative singular)
harpiom (dative plural)
harpię (accusative singular)
harpie (accusative plural)
harpią (instrumental singular)
harpiami (instrumental plural)
harpii (locative singular)
harpiach (locative plural)
harpio (singular vocative)
harpie (plural vocative)

Learned borrowing from Latin harpyia, from Ancient Greek Ἅρπυιᾰ (Hárpuia).

(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) harpy (fabulous winged monster with the face of a woman)

(derogatory) harpy (obnoxious, shrewish woman)


narnauk

Allegedly, this word is of Tsimshian origin.

(in the mythology of the First Nations of Canada) A supernatural being which can transform into an animal and back into human form by putting on and taking off an animal skin it has.


dragonskin

en-noun

dragonskin (countable and uncountable, plural dragonskins)

They carried dragonskin shields and wore matching dragonskin boots.

(fantasy) The skin of a dragon, or leather made from it.


魔導師

魔導 (madō, “magic; sorcery; thaumaturgy”) + 師 (-shi, “-ist; -er”).

suf

2012 May 4, “残(ざん)虐(ぎゃく)さの勝(しょう)利(り) [Triumph of Cruelty]”, in アヴァシンの帰還 [Avacyn’s Return], Wizards of the Coast:

I’ve seen corpses prettier than you, beastmage.

あんたより可愛い死体はたくさん見てきたわよ、獣魔道士さん。

Anta yori kawaī shitai wa takusan mitekita wa yo, jūmadōshi-san.

a practitioner of magic; a magician, sorcerer, witch, wizard, mage, etc.


werewolfism

lycanthropy; the transformation of a person into a wolf


vampirey

en-adj

vampirey (comparative more vampirey, superlative most vampirey)

more vampirey (comparative)
most vampirey (superlative)

Even though virtually every character in the novel, besides Cody, is a vampire, Vampire High is not at all a vampirey novel. Rees's vampires are born as vampires who marry and produce little vampires. Justin explains that they no longer kill for ...

2006, Deborah Wilson Overstreet, Not Your Mother's Vampire: Vampires in Young Adult Fiction, Scarecrow Press, →ISBN, page 44:

I'd gotten fed up before, tired of the vampirey stuff I had to learn to accommodate, frightened of getting in deeper. Sometimes, I just wanted to see humans for a while. So for over three weeks, that was what I did. I didn't call Bill; he didn't call me.

2009, Charlaine Harris, Living Dead In Dallas: A True Blood Novel, Hachette UK, →ISBN:

(Too vampirey.) Yield to the forbidden music of my soul. (Way too vampirey.) Dear Chloe, please can I sink my teeth into your neck and drink your blood? (One step at a time, Nigel.)

2010, Tim Collins, Notes from a Totally Lame Vampire: Because the Undead Have Feelings Too!, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:

“Last week,” he says, “I sent 'The Winning Shot' to Temple Bar—a very ghastly Animal Magnetism vampirey sort of tale. It came back again but with a very complimentary letter, & Hogg says he should like to see it.”

2013, Arthur Conan Doyle, Vampire Stories, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc., →ISBN:

(informal) Of, relating to, or characteristic of vampires.


vampirize

en-verb

vampirize (third-person singular simple present vampirizes, present participle vampirizing, simple past and past participle vampirized)

vampirizes (present singular third-person)
vampirizing (participle present)
vampirized (participle past)
vampirized (past)


妖狐

妖狐 (canonical)
yōko (romanization)
euko (romanization)
えうこ (hiragana historical)

(mythology) supernatural fox that can transform into a human form


狐火

Compound of 狐(きつね) (kitsune, “fox”) + 火(ひ) (hi, “fire”). The hi changes to bi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
First cited to a text from 1488.

ja-com

1488, Sanjōnishi Sanetaka (三条西実隆), 実隆公記 [Sanetakakōki]:

will o' the wisps appeared in the field path last night

狐火や髑髏に雨のたまる夜に

kitsunebi ya dokuro ni ame no tamaru yo ni

There's foxfire on nights when the rain collects in the skull.

a mysterious pale fire often seen in the fields and mountains at night from winter to early spring: will o' the wisp, foxfire


野狐

Appears to be a Japanese coinage from Middle Chinese-derived components.

野狐禅

a mythological spirit fox, fond of tricks and pranks, and capable of possessing people

(Zen) someone who has not fully attained enlightenment, but puts on airs and becomes self-important as if they have


野狐

Compound of 野 (no, “field; wilderness”) + 狐 (kitsune, “fox”). The kitsune changes to gitsune as an instance of rendaku (連濁).


ܡܠܐܟܐ

head

ܡܠܐܟܐ • (malʾaḵā) m (plural ܡܠܐܟܐ (malʾaḵē))

malʾaḵā (romanization)
ܡܠܐܟܐ (plural)
ܡܠܐܟ (absolute singular)
ܡܠܐܟܝܢ (absolute plural)
ܡܠܐܟ (construct singular)
ܡܠܐܟܝ (construct plural)
ܡܠܐܟܐ (emphatic singular)
ܡܠܐܟܐ (emphatic plural)
ܡܠܐܟܝ (common-gender first-person possessive singular)
ܡܠܐܟܟ (masculine possessive second-person singular)
ܡܠܐܟܝܟ (masculine possessive second-person singular)
ܡܠܐܟܟܝ (feminine possessive second-person singular)
ܡܠܐܟܝܟܝ (feminine possessive second-person singular)
ܡܠܐܟܗ (masculine possessive singular third-person)
ܡܠܐܟܘܗܝ (masculine possessive singular third-person)
ܡܠܐܟܗ (feminine possessive singular third-person)
ܡܠܐܟܝܗ (feminine possessive singular third-person)
ܡܠܐܟܢ (common-gender first-person plural possessive)
ܡܠܐܟܝܢ (common-gender first-person plural possessive)
ܡܠܐܟܟܘܢ (masculine plural possessive second-person)
ܡܠܐܟܝܟܘܢ (masculine plural possessive second-person)
ܡܠܐܟܟܝܢ (feminine plural possessive second-person)
ܡܠܐܟܝܟܝܢ (feminine plural possessive second-person)
ܡܠܐܟܗܘܢ (masculine plural possessive third-person)
ܡܠܐܟܝܗܘܢ (masculine plural possessive third-person)
ܡܠܐܟܗܝܢ (feminine plural possessive third-person)
ܡܠܐܟܝܗܝܢ (feminine plural possessive third-person)

→ Malayalam: മാലാഖ (mālākha)

From the root ܠ-ܐ-ܟ (l-ʾ-k) related to sending, not otherwise used in Aramaic. Compare Arabic مَلْأَك (malʔak) and Hebrew מַלְאָךְ (malʾā́ḵ).

cog

Hebrew מַלְאָךְ (malʾā́ḵ)


雷神鳥

雷神鳥 (canonical)
raijinchō (romanization)

[ɾa̠iʑĩɲ̟t͡ɕo̞ː]

Compound of 雷神 (raijin, “thunder god”) + 鳥 (chō, “bird”), calque of English thunderbird. The first term of the compound is 雷神 (raijin, “thunder god”) rather than the expected 雷 (rai, “thunder”) because the term 雷鳥 (raichō) is already used to refer to the rock ptarmigan (Lagopus muta), a type of grouse native to Japan.


ghostology

en-noun

ghostology (usually uncountable, plural ghostologies)

/ɡəʊsˈtɒləd͡ʒi/

[…] it seemed even more unaccountable than if it had been a thing of ghostology and witchcraft.

1872, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Septimius Felton; or, the Elixir of Life:

This, as all students of ghostology are aware, has frequently been the case; and it was precisely the case with the ghost seen by the famous Lord Brougham, […]

1908, H. Addington Bruce, “The Ghost Seen by Lord Brougham”, in Historic Ghosts and Ghost Hunters:

Experts in ghostology know exactly, where ghosts live, how they behave, how to deal with them, how to make them appear and disappear.

1957, William L. Fischer, Critical Notes on Evolution, page 30:

The knowledge, or study of ghosts or spirits; the science of the supernatural; spiritism.


valquiria

Borrowed from Old Norse valkyrja.
See English Valkyrie.

Breve diccionario etimológico de la lengua castellana


aljan

ha-noun

àljan m (feminine àljanā, plural àljanū)

àljan (canonical masculine)
àljanā (feminine)
àljanū (plural)

→ Yoruba: alujọnnu


opinicus

Coordinate term: griffin

Two opinici vert, beaked sable, wings gules, support the insignia of the Plasterers’ Company.

1847, A Glossary of Terms Used in British Heraldry: With a Chronological Table, Illustrative of Its Rise and Progress, Oxford: John Henry Parker, page 233:

Urcheons, bagwyns, opinici and musimons, represented statant, sejant or segreant, and in every variety of metal, colour and fur, completed an exhibition which was both boastfully heraldic and pompously powerful.

No blood need be shed in settling these anatomical problems, as opinici are of little importance, there being barely a dozen examples.

1963, Julian Franklyn, Shield and Crest: An Account of the Art and Science of Heraldry, page 150:

Even when they ascend to the loftiest perch for their kind and earn the right to serve on the Council of Keythongs, the wingless ones are still not permitted the same rights as gryphons and opinici.

2019, Paula Grover, The Gryphon, FriesenPress, →ISBN, page 22:

(heraldry) A heraldic imaginary creature with an eagle's head, a short tail, and sometimes wings.


veneficus

la-adj

venēficus (feminine venēfica, neuter venēficum); first/second-declension adjective

venēficus (canonical)
venēfica (feminine)
venēficum (neuter)
venēficus (masculine nominative singular)
venēfica (feminine nominative singular)
venēficum (neuter nominative singular)
venēficī (masculine nominative plural)
venēficae (feminine nominative plural)
venēfica (neuter nominative plural)
venēficī (genitive masculine singular)
venēficae (feminine genitive singular)
venēficī (genitive neuter singular)
venēficōrum (genitive masculine plural)
venēficārum (feminine genitive plural)
venēficōrum (genitive neuter plural)
venēficō (dative masculine singular)
venēficae (dative feminine singular)
venēficō (dative neuter singular)
venēficīs (dative feminine masculine neuter plural)
venēficum (accusative masculine singular)
venēficam (accusative feminine singular)
venēficum (accusative neuter singular)
venēficōs (accusative masculine plural)
venēficās (accusative feminine plural)
venēfica (accusative neuter plural)
venēficō (ablative masculine singular)
venēficā (ablative feminine singular)
venēficō (ablative neuter singular)
venēficīs (ablative feminine masculine neuter plural)
venēfice (masculine singular vocative)
venēfica (feminine singular vocative)
venēficum (neuter singular vocative)
venēficī (masculine plural vocative)
venēficae (feminine plural vocative)
venēfica (neuter plural vocative)

Italian: venefico

Portuguese: venéfico

Spanish: venéfico

Derived from venē(num) (“poison”; “potion”) + -ficus (suffix denoting making).


veneficus

la-noun

venēficus m (genitive venēficī); second declension

venēficus (canonical masculine)
venēficī (genitive)
venēficus (nominative singular)
venēficī (nominative plural)
venēficī (genitive singular)
venēficōrum (genitive plural)
venēficō (dative singular)
venēficīs (dative plural)
venēficum (accusative singular)
venēficōs (accusative plural)
venēficō (ablative singular)
venēficīs (ablative plural)
venēfice (singular vocative)
venēficī (plural vocative)


zombic

en-adj

zombic (comparative more zombic, superlative most zombic)

more zombic (comparative)
most zombic (superlative)

For a time I wasn't sure of their purpose—neither, it seemed, were they—and I dreaded the possible need for another zombic performance.

1991, C. S. Friedman, The Madness Season, New York: Daw, →ISBN:

[…]there has been a gradual process of distillation, leaving just about all the reactionaries, for all their disagreements among themselves, united in the conviction that there is a real difference between a conscious person and a perfect zombie–let's call that intuition the Zombic Hunch–leading them to the thesis of Zombism: that the fundamental flaw in any mechanistic theory of consciousness is that it cannot account for this important difference.

1999 November 28, Daniel Dennett, “The Zombic Hunch: Extinction of an Intuition?”, in Sweet Dreams: Philosophical Obstacles to a Science of Consciousness, Cambridge, London: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, published 2005, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, LCC B945.D393S94 2005, page 14:

The atoms are in a superposition of both possibilities, and the poor cat, too, is hanging on in a zombic combination of life and death.

2010 November 9, Martin Bojowald, Once Before Time: A Whole Story of the Universe, Knopf, →ISBN, →LCCN, LCC QB981.B684 2010:


dibuko

eo-head

dibuko (accusative singular dibukon, plural dibukoj, accusative plural dibukojn)

dibukon (accusative singular)
dibukoj (plural)
dibukojn (accusative plural)

From Yiddish דיבוק (dibuk), from Hebrew דבק (dovek, “cling”).


山犬

山犬 (canonical)
山犬 (canonical)
yamainu (romanization)

Daijirin
Daijisen
Kyōsuke Kindaichi
ja:ヤマイヌ
ja:松村明

Compound of 山 (yama, “mountain”) + 犬 (inu, “dog”).

(Japanese mythology) an apparition of a dog that may appear to travelers on mountain roads, and that may be either friendly or murderous to travelers

送り犬

canine apparition appearing to travelers


earthdrake

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

[…] he sacrifices his own life in destroying a frightful earthdrake, […]

1876, William Spalding, The History of English Literature, page 40:

While attempting to remain as true to history as possible, I created a world of witches and wizards, earthdrakes and talking ravens, according to my imagination.

2008, M.C. Halliday, The King's Daughter - Page 196:

Aric had heard improbable tales of earth drakes eating entire mekillots. Seeing this one, however, he no longer had reason to doubt.

2010, Jeff Mariotte, City Under the Sand: A Dark Sun Novel:

(in early Anglo-Saxon literature, fantasy) a dragon.


levjatano

levjatano (accusative singular levjatanon, plural levjatanoj, accusative plural levjatanojn)

levjatanon (accusative singular)
levjatanoj (plural)
levjatanojn (accusative plural)

Ultimately from Hebrew לווייתן (livyatán).

Vi disbatis la kapojn de la levjatano, Vi donis ĝin por manĝo al la bestoj de la dezerto;[…]

1916, Britaj pastroj, La Sankta Biblio, London: Brita kaj Alilanda Biblia Societo, Psalmaro 74:14:

Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, [and] gavest him [to be] meat to the beasts inhabiting the wilderness.


gríobhán

head

gríobhán m (genitive singular gríobháin, nominative plural gríobháin)

gríobháin (genitive singular)
gríobháin (nominative plural)
gríobhán (indefinite nominative singular)
gríobháin (indefinite nominative plural)
a ghríobháin (indefinite singular vocative)
a ghríobhána (indefinite plural vocative)
gríobháin (genitive indefinite singular)
gríobhán (genitive indefinite plural)
gríobhán (dative indefinite singular)
gríobháin (dative indefinite plural)
an gríobhán (definite nominative singular)
na gríobháin (definite nominative plural)
an ghríobháin (definite genitive singular)
na ngríobhán (definite genitive plural)
leis an ngríobhán (dative definite singular)
don ghríobhán (dative definite singular)
leis na gríobháin (dative definite plural)
gríobhán (mutation mutation-radical)
ghríobhán (lenition mutation)
ngríobhán (eclipsis mutation)

From gríobh + -án (compare Scottish Gaelic grìbhean).


ĉevalviro

eo-head

ĉevalviro (accusative singular ĉevalviron, plural ĉevalviroj, accusative plural ĉevalvirojn)

ĉevalviron (accusative singular)
ĉevalviroj (plural)
ĉevalvirojn (accusative plural)


leviatán

Borrowed from Late Latin leviathan, a biblical transliteration of Hebrew לִוְיָתָן (liv'yatán, “whale”).


hipocampo

Borrowed from Late Latin hippocampus (“sea horse”), from Ancient Greek ἱππόκαμπος (hippókampos, “sea horse, hippocamp”, from ἵππος (híppos, “horse”) + κάμπος (kámpos, “sea monster”)), describing a mythological creature with a horse's forepart and a fishlike hindquarter.

der

es:Hipocampo (anatomía)
es:Hipocampo (mitología)

(Greek mythology) hippocamp; hippocampus


火の鳥

火の鳥 (canonical)
hi no tori (romanization)

Compound of 火 (hi, “fire”) + の (no, possessive particle) + 鳥 (tori, “bird”).

compound

(mythology) a phoenix, more specifically as in Western mythology


infravision

(fantasy, gaming) A superhuman ability to see in the dark.


青竜

ja-pos

青(せい)竜(りゅう) • (Seiryū) ^(←せいりゆう (Seiryuu)?)

青竜 (canonical)
Seiryū (romanization)
Seiryuu (romanization)
せいりゆう (hiragana historical)

Azure Dragon, one of the Four Symbols in the Chinese constellations


青竜

青(せい)竜(りょう) • (Seiryō) ^(←せいりよう (Seiryou)?)

青竜 (canonical)
Seiryō (romanization)
Seiryou (romanization)
せいりよう (hiragana historical)


青竜

青(しょう)竜(りゅう) • (Shōryū) ^(←しやうりゆう (Syauryuu)?)

青竜 (canonical)
Shōryū (romanization)
Syauryuu (romanization)
しやうりゆう (hiragana historical)


白虎

白(びゃっ)虎(こ) • (Byakko) ^(←びやくこ (Byakuko)?)

白虎 (canonical)
Byakko (romanization)
Byakuko (romanization)
びやくこ (hiragana historical)

White Tiger, one of the Four Symbols in the Chinese constellations


白虎

白虎 (canonical)
Hakko (romanization)
Fakuko (romanization)
はくこ (hiragana historical)


玄武

玄(げん)武(ぶ) or 玄(げん)武(む) • (Genbu or Genmu)

玄武 (canonical)
玄武 (canonical)
Genbu (romanization)
Genmu (romanization)

the Black Tortoise, literally "Black Warrior" (one of the Four Symbols, who keeps watch in the north).


朱雀

/ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛ⁵¹/

/t͡syː⁵⁵ t͡sœːk̚³/

/t͡su⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰiɔk̚³²/

/ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛ⁵¹/

/t͡syː⁵⁵ t͡sœːk̚³/

/t͡su⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰiɔk̚³²/

Vermilion Bird (one of the Four Symbols of the Chinese constellations)


朱雀

Vermilion Bird, one of the Four Symbols in the Chinese constellations


𐎚𐎐𐎐

tnn (romanization)
tunnanu (romanization)


人狼

/ʐən³⁵ lɑŋ³⁵/

/jɐn²¹ lɔːŋ²¹/

/ʐən³⁵ lɑŋ³⁵/

/jɐn²¹ lɔːŋ²¹/


人狼

[d͡ʑĩn̺ɾo̞ː]

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aosán

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aosán m (genitive singular aosáin, nominative plural aosáin)

aosáin (genitive singular)
aosáin (nominative plural)
aosán (indefinite nominative singular)
aosáin (indefinite nominative plural)
a aosáin (indefinite singular vocative)
a aosána (indefinite plural vocative)
aosáin (genitive indefinite singular)
aosán (genitive indefinite plural)
aosán (dative indefinite singular)
aosáin (dative indefinite plural)
an t-aosán (definite nominative singular)
na haosáin (definite nominative plural)
an aosáin (definite genitive singular)
na n-aosán (definite genitive plural)
leis an aosán (dative definite singular)
don aosán (dative definite singular)
leis na haosáin (dative definite plural)
aosán (mutation mutation-radical)
n-aosán (eclipsis mutation)
haosán (mutation prothesis-h)
t-aosán (mutation prothesis-t)

/eːˈsˠɑːn̪ˠ/

/ˈiːsˠɑːn̪ˠ/

From Old Irish áesán (“fairies; sickness caused by fairies”). By surface analysis, aos (“people, folk”) + -án.


púca

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púca m (genitive singular púca, nominative plural púcaí)

púca (genitive singular)
púcaí (nominative plural)
púca (indefinite nominative singular)
púcaí (indefinite nominative plural)
a phúca (indefinite singular vocative)
a phúcaí (indefinite plural vocative)
púca (genitive indefinite singular)
púcaí (genitive indefinite plural)
púca (dative indefinite singular)
púcaí (dative indefinite plural)
an púca (definite nominative singular)
na púcaí (definite nominative plural)
an phúca (definite genitive singular)
na bpúcaí (definite genitive plural)
leis an bpúca (dative definite singular)
don phúca (dative definite singular)
leis na púcaí (dative definite plural)
púca (mutation mutation-radical)
phúca (lenition mutation)
bpúca (eclipsis mutation)

→? Cornish: bucca
→ English: bucca

→ English: pooka, puka

From Old Irish púca m (“goblin, sprite”), probably a Germanic borrowing, from Old Norse púki (“fairy spirit”).


jólaköttur

jólaköttur m (genitive singular jólakattar, nominative plural jólakettir)

jólakattar (genitive singular)
jólakettir (nominative plural)
jólaköttur (indefinite nominative singular)
jólakötturinn (definite nominative singular)
jólakettir (indefinite nominative plural)
jólakettirnir (definite nominative plural)
jólakött (accusative indefinite singular)
jólaköttinn (accusative definite singular)
jólaketti (accusative indefinite plural)
jólakettina (accusative definite plural)
jólaketti (dative indefinite singular)
jólakettinum (dative definite singular)
jólaköttum (dative indefinite plural)
jólaköttunum (dative definite plural)
jólakattar (genitive indefinite singular)
jólakattarins (definite genitive singular)
jólakatta (genitive indefinite plural)
jólakattanna (definite genitive plural)

From jól (“Christmas”) + köttur (“cat”).

Fékkstu ný föt í jólagjöf eða ferðu í jólaköttinn í ár?

Did you get new clothes for Christmas or are you going in the Yule cat this year?

Í slíkum undirbúningi skiptir máli að fjölskyldan fjárfesti í huggulegum hátíðarklæðum, til að komast hjá því að lenda í bíræfnum klóm jólakattarins.

2004 December 12, Elínrós Líndal, “Jólaföt á smáfólkið”, in Morgunblaðið, →ISSN, →OCLC:

In such preparations it is hugely important that the family invests in cozy festive clothing, in order to avoid landing in the audacious claws of the Yule cat.

(mythology) the Yule cat: a monster known for eating children who do not receive clothes for Christmas.


雨女

A woman whose presence always seems to bring rain.

雨男

a man whose presence always seems to bring rain

spirit of woman who perish out in the snow during the winter month


エルフ

1999 March 18, “エルフの剣(けん)士(し) [Elvish Swordsman]”, in Starter(スターター) Box(ボックス), Konami:

An elf who learned swordsmanship. He trifles with his enemies with his swift attacks.

剣術を学んだエルフ。素早い攻撃で敵を翻弄する。

Kenjutsu o mananda erufu. Subayai kōgeki de teki o honrō suru.

1999 March 27, “ホーリー・エルフ [Holy Elf]”, in Vol.2, Konami:

As delicate as she may be, this elf has formidable defense strength and holy power to protect herself with.

かよわいエルフだが、聖なる力で身を守りとても守備が高い。

Kayowai erufu da ga, sei naru chikara de mi o mamori totemo shubi ga takai.

1999 July 22, “エンシェント・エルフ [Ancient Elf]”, in Vol.4, Konami:

An elf who has lived for thousands of years. She attacks with her army of spirits.

何千年も生きているエルフ。精霊をあやつり攻撃をする。

Nansennen mo ikiteiru erufu. Seirei o ayatsuri kōgeki o suru.

1999 August 26, “ヂェミナイ・エルフ [Jemini Elves]”, in BOOSTER 4, Konami:

Elvish twin sisters who attack simultaneously.

交互に攻撃を仕掛けてくる、エルフの双子姉妹。

Kōgo ni kōgeki o shikaketekuru, erufu no futago shimai.

2008 February 1, “エルフの戦(せん)士(し) [Elvish Warrior]”, in Morningtide(モーニングタイド), Wizards of the Coast:

Elvish warriors are as graceful as a deer leaping a stream and as deadly as the wolf waiting in ambush on the other side. They are the eyes of the forest as well as its unsheathed claws.

エルフの戦士は小川を飛び越える鹿のように優雅であり、それを反対側で待ち受ける狼のように危険だ。彼らは森の眼であり、むき出しの爪なのだ。

Erufu no senshi wa ogawa o tobikoeru shika no yō ni yūga de ari, sore o hantaigawa de machiukeru ōkami no yō ni kiken da. Karera wa mori no me de ari, mukidashi no tsume na no da.


magicker

Better magickers were given fragments of the ball he'd rescued and used them as foci to deflect incoming shots.

2002, Michael A. Stackpole, When dragons rage:

Those who blasphemed in a holy place; those who spouted heresies; those who sought the services of a magicker[…]

2010, David Farland, The Wyrmling Horde:

(fantasy) One who does magic; a sorcerer or magician.


gynosphinx

en-noun

gynosphinx (plural gynosphinxes or gynosphinges)

gynosphinxes (plural)
gynosphinges (plural)

(mythology) A sphinx with the head of a woman.


黒巫女

黒巫女 (canonical)
kuro miko (romanization)


黒神子

黒神子 (canonical)
kuro miko (romanization)


transpeciate

en-verb

transpeciate (third-person singular simple present transpeciates, present participle transpeciating, simple past and past participle transpeciated)

transpeciates (present singular third-person)
transpeciating (participle present)
transpeciated (participle past)
transpeciated (past)

power to transpeciate a man into a horse

1642, Tho[mas] Browne, “(please specify the page)”, in Religio Medici. […], 4th edition, London: […] E. Cotes for Andrew Crook […], published 1656, →OCLC:

(obsolete or fantasy, transitive, intransitive) To change from one species into another; to transform.


pegacorn

It was a flying horse — no, a unicorn — or a pegacorn? — feathery wings outstretched.

2006 July 11, Alea Bushardt, Cloud Filly, Trafford Publishing, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 42:

Pegacorns have grown in both popularity and population since their worldwide introduction during the 1980s. While they had existed for eons prior, few unicorn farmers wished to voluntarily care for both the temperamental nature of the Pegasus and the attention-craving disposition of the unicorn. However, when those farmers had the opportunity to soar high and fast into the clouds on the Pegacorn, they had an abrupt change of opinion.

2011 August 18, Jessica S. Marquis, Raising Unicorns: Your Step-by-Step Guide to Starting and Running a Successful — and Magical! — Unicorn Farm, Adams Media, →ISBN, →OL, page 18:

At the end of each episode of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, one of the show's cartoon ponies dictates a letter to the pegacorn Princess Celestia, telling her what she's learned about friendship.

2012 January 15, Lauren Davis, “GlaDOS reads her letter to Princess Celestia”, in io9, archived from the original on 2012-02-04:

(informal) A horned Pegasus or a winged unicorn.


lemures

Coordinate term: Lares

The Lars and Lemures moan with midnight plaint.

1629, John Milton, “On the Morning of Christs Nativity”, in Poems of Mr. John Milton, […], London: […] Ruth Raworth for Humphrey Mosely, […], published 1646, →OCLC:

So still lay the figure, and so dim was its outline, that any other than Arbaces might have felt a superstitious fear, lest he beheld one of those grim lemures, who, above all other spots, haunted the threshold of the homes they formerly possessed.

1834, [Edward Bulwer-Lytton], chapter VII, in The Last Days of Pompeii. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […]; successor to Henry Colburn, →OCLC, book IV, page 13:

(Roman mythology) The spirits or ghosts of the dead, considered as malignant.


lemures

la-noun

lemurēs m pl (genitive lemurum); third declension

lemurēs (canonical masculine plural)
lemurum (genitive)
lemurēs (nominative plural)
lemurum (genitive plural)
lemuribus (dative plural)
lemurēs (accusative plural)
lemuribus (ablative plural)
lemurēs (plural vocative)

English: lemur, lemures

French: lémur, lémure

[ˈɫ̪ɛmʊreːs̠]

According to de Vaan, from a substrate source along with Ancient Greek Λαμία (Lamía), possibly Etruscan or Anatolian. The two words may have existed as a late Proto-Indo-European stem *lem- (“ghost, nocturnal spirit”).


galdre

galdre (nominative singular)
galdras (nominative plural)
galdre (accusative singular)
galdras (accusative plural)
galdres (genitive singular)
galdra (genitive plural)
galdre (dative singular)
galdrum (dative plural)

From galdor (“enchantment”) + -ere (“agent suffix”).


parseltongue

Coined as Parseltongue by J. K. Rowling in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (1998). J. K. Rowling stated that she based the term on an "old word for someone who has a problem with the mouth, like a hare lip".

Now I can't get this out of my head - them hissing and whispering at one another like they're speaking in parseltongue.

2005 December 1, Aisling Willow Grey, “Re: AMC -- Kendall (and Ryan too)”, in rec.arts.tv.soaps.abc (Usenet), message-ID <0001HW.BFB4D67000210837F0284550@news.verizon.net>:

Slither around Santa Fe's Rattlesnake Museum while practicing your parseltongue.

2007 April 3, Let's Go Inc., Let's Go Roadtripping USA: The Complete Coast-to-Coast Guide to America, 2nd edition, Macmillan, page 496:

“Parseltongue, that's what I need,” I murmured out loud as I brushed my teeth. A language for communicating with snakes.

2009 September 22, Sara Paretsky, Hardball: A V.I. Warshawski Novel, New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, →ISBN, →OL:

A fictional language of snakes in the Harry Potter universe.

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
J. K. Rowling


φίλτρον

grc-noun

φῐ́λτρον • (phíltron) n (genitive φῐ́λτρου); second declension

φῐ́λτρον (canonical)
phíltron (romanization)
φῐ́λτρου (genitive)
τὸ φῐ́λτρον (nominative singular)
τὼ φῐ́λτρω (dual nominative)
τᾰ̀ φῐ́λτρᾰ (nominative plural)
τοῦ φῐ́λτρου (genitive singular)
τοῖν φῐ́λτροιν (dual genitive)
τῶν φῐ́λτρων (genitive plural)
τῷ φῐ́λτρῳ (dative singular)
τοῖν φῐ́λτροιν (dative dual)
τοῖς φῐ́λτροις (dative plural)
τὸ φῐ́λτρον (accusative singular)
τὼ φῐ́λτρω (accusative dual)
τᾰ̀ φῐ́λτρᾰ (accusative plural)
φῐ́λτρον (singular vocative)
φῐ́λτρω (dual vocative)
φῐ́λτρᾰ (plural vocative)

desctree

→ Latin: philtrum
→ English: philter, philtrum
French: feutre
→ Italian: filtro
Sicilian: firtru
→ French: philtre (learned)

From φῐλέω (philéō, “to love; to kiss”) + -τρον (-tron, instrument noun suffix).

af

love-charm, spell to produce love, whether a potion, or any other means

(anatomy) sinking on the upper lip; philtrum


hidra

hidrák (plural)
hidra (nominative singular)
hidrák (nominative plural)
hidrát (accusative singular)
hidrákat (accusative plural)
hidrának (dative singular)
hidráknak (dative plural)
hidrával (instrumental singular)
hidrákkal (instrumental plural)
hidráért (causal-final singular)
hidrákért (causal-final plural)
hidrává (singular translative)
hidrákká (plural translative)
hidráig (singular terminative)
hidrákig (plural terminative)
hidraként (essive-formal singular)
hidrákként (essive-formal plural)
hidrában (inessive singular)
hidrákban (inessive plural)
hidrán (singular superessive)
hidrákon (plural superessive)
hidránál (adessive singular)
hidráknál (adessive plural)
hidrába (illative singular)
hidrákba (illative plural)
hidrára (singular sublative)
hidrákra (plural sublative)
hidrához (allative singular)
hidrákhoz (allative plural)
hidrából (elative singular)
hidrákból (elative plural)
hidráról (delative singular)
hidrákról (delative plural)
hidrától (ablative singular)
hidráktól (ablative plural)
hidráé (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
hidráké (plural possessed-single possessive predicative)
hidráéi (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
hidrákéi (plural possessed-single possessive predicative)
hidrám (first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
hidráim (first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
hidrád (possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
hidráid (possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
hidrája (possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
hidrái (possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
hidránk (first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
hidráink (first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
hidrátok (plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
hidráitok (plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
hidrájuk (plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
hidráik (plural possessed-many possessive third-person)

(mythology, fantasy) hydra (dragon-like creature with many heads and the ability to regrow them when maimed)


hidra

Borrowed from Latin hydra, from Ancient Greek ὕδρα (húdra).


unipeg

The balck^([sic]) and silver unipeg lands and folds his wings remebering^([sic]) the big earth drac.

1999 January 27, Twyligtsky, “Re: the inn”, in alt.mythology.mythic-animals (Usenet), message-ID <19990126223406.16200.00003652@ng126.aol.com>:

But, I think it will be too risky to try and steal horses, unipegs, pegasi, or unicorns. There are spells cast on the animals to keep track of them.

2004, Myles Brandon Hibbett, Zephyr Spheres and the Lost Spell, Lincoln: iUniverse, →ISBN, page 49:

As she whistled the horse, which Aries said was a Unipeg, which was a combination of a Pegasus and a unicorn landed right there smack in front of Mary it just landed and stared her right in the eyes.

2011 October 24, Mercedes Burgos-Diaz, Meenah, the Mystical Princess of Zantel, Bloomington: iUniverse, →ISBN, →OL, page 20:


unisus

Unisi are unicorns with pegasi wings, the result of crossbreeding between the two species. A single such creature is called a unisus.

1993 February, Michael John II Wybo, “Unique Unicorns”, in Dragon Magazine, number 190, →ISBN, →ISSN, →OL, page 92:

As for her horse, it was Spirit when she was Adora, and Swift Wind the flying unicorn (unisus?) when she was She-Ra.

1995 July 30, pteryx, “He-man. she-ra's horse's”, in rec.arts.animation (Usenet), message-ID <9507301040.0EZSC00@acornbbs.com>:

Heat was a unisus and Mich's best friend. He had once belonged to a huge herd of unisi that lived in the sky, above the clouds.

1998 November 15, Piers Anthony with Julie Brady, Dream a Little Dream: A tale of myth and moonshine, Tor, →ISBN, →OL, page 19:

The beauty of the Unisus was simply extraordinary. Its silver-feathered wings stretched across the room, fifteen feet in length. Its glorious, glowing white fur was so pure that it would be invisible in the snow.

2006 September 8, Jacob Cortez, The Legend of the Teenage Sages, Central Milton Keynes: AuthorHouse, →ISBN, →OL, page 267:


owlbear

From owl + bear. Coined by Gary Gygax in the 1970s for Dungeons & Dragons.

I don't usually survive long enough to get surrounded by owlbears[…]

1997, Terence Fergusson, “Murphy's Laws of NetHack”, in rec.games.roguelike.nethack (Usenet):

He played stupid—he looked at my scars and feigned confusion as he dropped the kindling.
“What happened?” he asked.
“An owlbear attacked,” I answered wryly. He sat down with us, and between their powers, I started to heal.

2010, Maia Jacomus, Loki: Why I Began the End:

(fantasy) A monstrous creature resembling a bear with a beak.


basilicok

From Old French basilicoc, extension of basilique.

14th c., Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, The Parson’s Tale

The first finger [of the devil’s hand] is the foolish looking of the foolish woman and of the foolish man; that slays just as the basilisk slays folk by the venom of his sight, for the covetousness of the eyes follows the covetousness of the heart.

The first fingre is the foole loking of the foole woman and of the foole man, that sleth right as the basilicok sleth folk by venime of his sight: for the coveitise of the eyen foloweth the coveitise of the herte.


serpiente marina

es-noun

serpiente marina f (plural serpientes marinas)


ܪܝܡܐ

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ܪܝܡܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܪܝܡܐ)

ܪܝܡܐ (plural)
ܪܝܡ (absolute singular)
ܪܝܡܝܢ (absolute plural)
ܪܝܡ (construct singular)
ܪܝܡܝ (construct plural)
ܪܝܡܐ (emphatic singular)
ܪܝܡܐ (emphatic plural)
ܪܝܡܝ (common-gender first-person possessive singular)
ܪܝܡܟ (masculine possessive second-person singular)
ܪܝܡܝܟ (masculine possessive second-person singular)
ܪܝܡܟܝ (feminine possessive second-person singular)
ܪܝܡܝܟܝ (feminine possessive second-person singular)
ܪܝܡܗ (masculine possessive singular third-person)
ܪܝܡܘܗܝ (masculine possessive singular third-person)
ܪܝܡܗ (feminine possessive singular third-person)
ܪܝܡܝܗ (feminine possessive singular third-person)
ܪܝܡܢ (common-gender first-person plural possessive)
ܪܝܡܝܢ (common-gender first-person plural possessive)
ܪܝܡܟܘܢ (masculine plural possessive second-person)
ܪܝܡܝܟܘܢ (masculine plural possessive second-person)
ܪܝܡܟܝܢ (feminine plural possessive second-person)
ܪܝܡܝܟܝܢ (feminine plural possessive second-person)
ܪܝܡܗܘܢ (masculine plural possessive third-person)
ܪܝܡܝܗܘܢ (masculine plural possessive third-person)
ܪܝܡܗܝܢ (feminine plural possessive third-person)
ܪܝܡܝܗܝܢ (feminine plural possessive third-person)

From the root ܪ-ܘ-ܡ (r-w-m) related to height.

raising, elevating, lifting up, erection


ܪܝܡܐ

From Aramaic 𐡌𐡀𐡓 (mʾr). Compare Arabic رِيم (rīm) and Hebrew רְאֵם (rəʾēm).

(biblical) addax, pygarg (used to translate Hebrew dishon)


drighten

From Middle English drihten, from Old English dryhten (“a ruler, king, lord, prince, the supreme ruler, the Lord, God, Christ”), from Proto-Germanic *druhtinaz (“leader, chief, lord”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewgʰ- (“to hold, hold fast, support”), equivalent to dright (“army, host”) + -en. Cognate with Scots drichtin, drichtine (“lord, the Lord”), and with Old Frisian drochten (“lord”), Old Saxon drohtin (“lord”), Old High German truhtin, Middle High German truhten, trohten (“ruler, lord”) (dialectal German Trechtin, Trechtein (“lord, God”)), Danish drot (“king”), Swedish drott (“king, ruler, sovereign”), Icelandic dróttinn (“hero, ruler, lord”), Finnish ruhtinas (“sovereign prince”). Related also to Old English dryht (“a multitude, an army, company, body of retainers, nation, a people, men”), Old English ġedryht (“fortune, fate”), Old English drēogan (“to serve in the military, endure”). More at dree.

cog

Believe me, my drighten, there is not one of us that has ever slacked on watch before!

(historical, Anglo-Saxon, Norse mythology, fantasy, paganism) A lord; ruler; sovereign; chief; leader; prince.


ელფი

elpi (romanization)
ელფები (plural)
ელფი (nominative singular)
ელფები (nominative plural)
ელფნი (archaic nominative plural)
ელფმა (ergative singular)
ელფებმა (ergative plural)
ელფთ (archaic ergative plural)
ელფთ (archaic ergative plural)
ელფთაt) (archaic ergative plural)
ელფთაta) (archaic ergative plural)
ელფს (dative singular)
ელფს (dative singular)
ელფსაs) (dative singular)
ელფსაsa) (dative singular)
ელფებს (dative plural)
ელფებს (dative plural)
ელფებსაs) (dative plural)
ელფებსაsa) (dative plural)
ელფთ (archaic dative plural)
ელფთ (archaic dative plural)
ელფთაt) (archaic dative plural)
ელფთაta) (archaic dative plural)
ელფის (genitive singular)
ელფის (genitive singular)
ელფისაs) (genitive singular)
ელფისაsa) (genitive singular)
ელფების (genitive plural)
ელფების (genitive plural)
ელფებისაs) (genitive plural)
ელფებისაsa) (genitive plural)
ელფთ (archaic genitive plural)
ელფთ (archaic genitive plural)
ელფთაt) (archaic genitive plural)
ელფთაta) (archaic genitive plural)
ელფით (instrumental singular)
ელფით (instrumental singular)
ელფითაt) (instrumental singular)
ელფითაta) (instrumental singular)
ელფებით (instrumental plural)
ელფებით (instrumental plural)
ელფებითაt) (instrumental plural)
ელფებითაta) (instrumental plural)
ელფად (adverbial singular)
ელფად (adverbial singular)
ელფადაd) (adverbial singular)
ელფადაda) (adverbial singular)
ელფებად (adverbial plural)
ელფებად (adverbial plural)
ელფებადაd) (adverbial plural)
ელფებადაda) (adverbial plural)
ელფო (singular vocative)
ელფებო (plural vocative)
ელფნო (archaic plural vocative)
-ზე (postpositional with-dative)
ელფზე (singular)
ელფებზე (plural)
-თან (postpositional with-dative)
ელფთან (singular)
ელფებთან (plural)
-ში (postpositional with-dative)
ელფში (singular)
ელფებში (plural)
-ვით (postpositional with-dative)
ელფივით (singular)
ელფებივით (plural)
-თვის (postpositional with-genitive)
ელფისთვის (singular)
ელფებისთვის (plural)
-ებრ (postpositional with-genitive)
ელფისებრ (singular)
ელფებისებრ (plural)
-კენ (postpositional with-genitive)
ელფისკენ (singular)
ელფებისკენ (plural)
-გან (postpositional with-genitive)
ელფისგან (singular)
ელფებისგან (plural)
-დან (postpositional with-instrumental)
ელფიდან (singular)
ელფებიდან (plural)
-ურთ (postpositional with-instrumental)
ელფითურთ (singular)
ელფებითურთ (plural)
-მდე (postpositional with-adverb)
ელფამდე (singular)
ელფებამდე (plural)

(fantasy, mythology) elf, leprechaun, sprite


ahuizote

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl āhuitzotl.

bor+

ahuitzotl, an Aztec mythological creature

(colloquial, Honduras, Mexico) an annoying person; pest, nuisance

(dialectal, Central America, Mexico) omen, bewitchment, spell


座敷童

座敷童 (canonical)
zashiki warashi (romanization)

Compound of 座敷 (zashiki, “house; Japanese-style parlor”) + 童 (warashi, “child”).

compound

(Japanese mythology, Tōhoku) a kind of yōkai: a red-faced ghost or apparition of a child haunting an old house, generally not malevolent, and thought to bring good fortune to the house


kitbash

en-verb

kitbash (third-person singular simple present kitbashes, present participle kitbashing, simple past and past participle kitbashed)

kitbashes (present singular third-person)
kitbashing (participle present)
kitbashed (participle past)
kitbashed (past)

But, a nicely kitbashed hull and cool interior backlights don't help with the major technical hurdles the robot has yet to overcome.

2017 April 30, Captain Disillusion, The Method Robot | Quick D, archived from the original on 2023-12-20:

To create a new scale model using pieces from existing commercial kits.


ётун

ru-noun+

ётун • (jótun) m anim (genitive ётуна, nominative plural ётуны, genitive plural ётунов)

jótun (romanization)
ётуна (genitive)
ётуны (nominative plural)
ётунов (genitive plural)
ётун (nominative singular)
ётуны (nominative plural)
ётуна (genitive singular)
ётунов (genitive plural)
ётуну (dative singular)
ётунам (dative plural)
ётуна (accusative singular)
ётунов (accusative plural)
ётуном (instrumental singular)
ётунами (instrumental plural)
ётуне (prepositional singular)
ётунах (plural prepositional)


χαραδριός

grc-noun

χαραδριός • (kharadriós) m (genitive χαραδριοῦ); second declension

kharadriós (romanization)
χαραδριοῦ (genitive)
ὁ χαραδριός (nominative singular)
τὼ χαραδριώ (dual nominative)
οἱ χαραδριοί (nominative plural)
τοῦ χαραδριοῦ (genitive singular)
τοῖν χαραδριοῖν (dual genitive)
τῶν χαραδριῶν (genitive plural)
τῷ χαραδριῷ (dative singular)
τοῖν χαραδριοῖν (dative dual)
τοῖς χαραδριοῖς (dative plural)
τὸν χαραδριόν (accusative singular)
τὼ χαραδριώ (accusative dual)
τοὺς χαραδριούς (accusative plural)
χαραδριέ (singular vocative)
χαραδριώ (dual vocative)
χαραδριοί (plural vocative)

desctree

→ Old Armenian: քարադր (kʻaradr), քաղանդր (kʻałandr), քաղաթր (kʻałatʻr), քաղարդր (kʻałardr), քաղադր (kʻaładr), քաղդր (kʻałdr), քարադրոս (kʻaradros), քարարդ (kʻarard), քառադր (kʻaṙadr), քաղարդ (kʻałard), քաղանդրոս (kʻałandros), քարադրոն (kʻaradron), կալատրիս (kalatris)
→ Old Georgian: ქალანდრო (kalandro), ქარანდრი (karandri)

desc

→ Old Church Slavonic: харадрїонъ (xaradrionŭ), халадреѡнъ (xaladreonŭ), каладриконъ (kaladrikonŭ), каладринѡнъ (kaladrinonŭ), хадрїонъ (xadrionŭ)

→ Old Georgian: ხარადრიონი (xaradrioni)

→ Latin: charadrius, caladrius

→ Russian: хара́др (xarádr), хара́дрий (xarádrij), кала́дрий (kaládrij), кала́дриус (kaládrius)

The formation is similar to other bird names, like αἰγυπιός (aigupiós), αἰγωλιός (aigōliós) and ἐρῳδιός (erōidiós). Traditionally derived from χαράδρα (kharádra, “dry bed of a river”), but it could be folk etymology.

Ἔστι πετεινὸν, λεγόμενον χαλαδριός
Ésti peteinòn, legómenon khaladriós

(Byzantine) caladrius (a mythical bird that had healing powers)


merhusband

A human female starts to long for all her friends and relations ashore, and eventually forsakes her merhusband. A mermaid begins to yearn for the wild freedom of life among the waves, and finds it is very difficult to adjust to the dry [...]

1987, Michael F. Page, Robert R. Ingpen, Encyclopedia of things that never were: creatures, places, and people:

A merman, especially one who is married; a merman taken as a husband.


merwife

From Old English merewīf (“water witch, mermaid”), from Proto-West Germanic *mariwīb, from Proto-Germanic *mariwībą (“mermaid, siren”). By surface analysis, mer- + wife. Cognate with Old High German meriwīb.


merqueen

Have you ever met any from the sea clan Merqueen and Saxon merman […]

2006, Lunar-k, Angels, Fairies, Mermaids & Warriors:

Then Brigit followed singing: The merqueen picks the dolphin, The merqueen picks the dolphin, High, ho, the dario, The merqueen picks the dolphin.

2009, Clark Smith, Patricia Clark Smith, Baiting Hollow: A Time of Enchantment:

A mermaid, especially one who is a queen.


merland

"I know what you would say and I know what I should answer, dear Ulfin, if you were only a commoner of Merland. ... and I am a Mermaid, […]"

[…] or she could bolt and hurry back to the shore, hoping that two wolphins might return to haul her tired body back to Merland off Oregon.

2010, Judith Gilman, Mermaids of the Siuslaw:

A mythical land of mermaids and merfolk.


merbaby

"She should have stayed in the ocean where she belonged. She could have married some nice young merman and had some cute little merbabies and lived a long, happy life—"

1997, Elizabeth Lane, The Tycoon and the Townie, Harlequin, →ISBN:

There were mermaids with gold chains around slinky long tails, swimming along with little merchildren. One had a merbaby on her back, the tiniest little pink tail sticking out from under its sling.

2003, Liz Kessler, The Tail of Emily Windsnap, Scholastic, →ISBN, page 57:

But Anna held the merbaby tight and carried her towards the sea.

2009, Penny Kendal, Merbaby, Evans Brothers Limited, →ISBN, page 35:


merkingdom

Thus, Eric fulfills his role as heroic rescuer by saving the woman he loves and the merkingdom from danger, and thus a relationship is constructed between a strong, invulnerable heroic protector and weak, vulnerable victims (Ariel and the kingdom).

2011, Justin Charlebois, Gender and the Construction of Hegemonic and Oppositional Femininities, Lexington Books, →ISBN, page 98:

Merpeople came from all over the merkingdom to visit and study.

2012, Debbie Dadey, Whale of a Tale, Aladdin, →ISBN, page 24:

Marrying Sabyn to get control of a merkingdom that had obviously decided it didn't want me as a ruler was not an acceptable thing to do.

2013, Tracy Deebs, Tempest Revealed, Walker Books for Young Readers, →ISBN:


merguard

He and his merguard surrounded her before she could say a word. "What kind of Conch Queen of Doom are you?" he griped, angrily jabbing at Sabrina with his trident.

1999, Bobbi J. G. Weiss, David Cody Weiss, Age of Aquariums, Archway Paperback, →ISBN, page 133:

Two muscular merguards twisted my arms behind my back and tangled my legs in seaweed.

2009, Delia Sherman, The Magic Mirror of the Mermaid Queen, Viking, →ISBN:

Mer-guards flanked the front opening to the palace.

2011, L-J Baker, Promises, Promises, Lethe Press, →ISBN, page 148:


merknight

[…] while merknights in full armour give their own demonstration of fishy combat tactics.

1967, Bridget Ann Henisch, Medieval Armchair Travels, Carnation Press (1967), page 38

However, it is the scilla's cousin the "merknight" (Fig. 107) who most closely resembles the curious armored fish men that Bosch portrays.

1981, Laurinda S. Dixon, Alchemical Imagery in Bosch's Garden of Delights, UMI Research Press, →ISBN, page 44:

It is etched and gilded overall, the themes of the decoration including, on the leg defences, the labours of Hercules, and on the upper half a merknight and mermaid, supplemented with elephants and castles, and various putti and animals.

2009, Graeme Rimer, Thom Richardson, J.P.D. Cooper, editors, Henry VIII: Arms and the Man, 1509-2009, Royal Armouries, →ISBN, page 151:


mermother

"I shall never see my merfather or my mermother any more, or the mermaids, or the fish-king, or the merry dolphins, or-r-r-r " —
"Never mind!" cried Elfie, crying too, and she put her arms around the sad little mermaid's neck.

1882, E. L. P, Elfie Under the Sea and Other Stories, Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., page 21:

Suddenly a lovely sound filled the air. Ariel turned toward it. Nefazia was sitting on the rock, singing. Her song was low and sweet, like a mermother crooning to her baby.

1993, Suzanne Weyn, Nefazia Visits the Palace, The Trumpet Club, →ISBN, page 43:

A mermother pushed an infant merbaby along the street in an old stroller. Soon Sabrina and the merman reached an enormous palace, nearly five stories high.

2007, Michael Buckley, Peter Ferguson, The Problem Child:


merworld

"I consider myself a reasonable merman," Triton thundered, "but contact between the merworld and the human world is strictly forbidden. Why did you disobey me and rescue that human?"

1996, Disney's Treasury of Children's Classics: From the Fox and the Hound to the Hunchback of Notre Dame, Disney Press, →ISBN, page 85:

Oliver hadn't written any stories about the merworld, but knowing him there were probably at least a couple pages of notes about the place somewhere in his notebook.

2010, Frédérick S. Parker, Finding the Kingdom of the Centaurs, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 171:

Reflecting a slightly modified version of the hero narrative, Eric rescues Ariel from Ursula and concomitantly saves the merworld from a diabolical female in lieu of a male villain.

(fantasy) The undersea world of merfolk.


merfather

"Danya, you think if you believe in your merfather and Ayralon, it's like rejecting your parents. Especially your stepfather. Is that true?"

2004, Vicki Blum, The Mermaid Secret, Scholastic, →ISBN, page 63:

Two eighth-graders (Emma Roberts and JoJo) befriend a mermaid (Sara Paxton) who has three days to prove to her merfather that love exists.

2006 March 3, Roger Ebert, “'Aquamarine'”, in Orange County Register:


mer-

merlady, merfolk, merwife, mermonster

(fantasy) Of, pertaining to, or associated with the realm of mermaids and mermen.


merking

The merking's castle stood in the very deepest spot. The palace walls were made of coral. The roof was oyster shells. And the windows stood open to let the fish swim in and out.

2002, Sarah Hines Stephen, Hans Christian Andersen, The Little Mermaid: And Other Stories:

A mermaid king; the king of the merfolk.


jotun

Learned borrowing from Old Norse jǫtunn, from Proto-Germanic *etunaz (“giant”). Doublet of ettin.

Some with disdain his reasons heard, / While others wisht the cause deferr'd. / Then Ormur spake, in speech of scorn, / Ormur, the friend of Asbiorn, / Who, daring singly to engage, / A jotun, proved his fatal rage.

1831, Walter Savage Landor, “Gunlaug”, in Gebir, Count Julian, and Other Poems, London: Edward Moxon, 64, New Bond Street, →OCLC, page 279:

When Christianity became the religion of the people the trolls gradually assumed something of the role formerly played by the more powerful Jotuns.

1908, The Elementary School Teacher, volume 8, Chicago, Ill.: University of Chicago Press, →OCLC, page 214:

When Odin was still young – before he had hanged himself on Yggdrasil and drunk from the Well of Wisdom – his eyes had fallen on a jotun named Loki.

1967, Ingri D'Aulaire; Edgar Parin D'aulaire, “Loki, the God of the Jotun Race”, in Norse Gods and Giants, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, ISBN 978-0-385-04908-5; republished as D'Aulaires' Book of Norse Myths, New York, N.Y.: New York Review of Books, 2005, ISBN 978-1-59017-125-7, page 42

The world in which the æsir and jötnar play out their struggle has its own set of place-names but is essentially recognizable as Scandinavia. There are rivers, mountains, forests, oceans, storms, cold weather, fierce winters, eagles, ravens, salmon, and snakes.

2001, John Lindow, “The Historical Background”, in Handbook of Norse Mythology (Handbooks of World Mythology), Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, →ISBN, page 2:

(Norse mythology) A member of a race of giants who usually stand in opposition to the Æsir and especially to Thor.

Arthur Rackham
Der Ring des Nibelungen
Fafnir
Freyja
Richard Wagner


jotun

jotunen (definite singular)
jotnar (indefinite plural)
jotnane (definite plural)

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


netherverse

His death "created a netherverse, one which has temporarily absorbed your two universes."

2006, Mark Voger, Kathy Voglesong, The Dark Age:

The council believes whoever it is has been active for quite sometime mucking up the netherverse.

2007, Arthur Roberts, The Sorcerer's Song and the Cat's Meow:

When death seems to be grinning back at us from the netherverse, most meet his stare with fear, in their eyes.

(fantasy) A lower universe, realm, or region; underworld.


うわん

うわん (canonical)
ウワン (canonical)
uwan (romanization)

Onomatopoeia for the sound of the wail or shout purportedly made by the spirit.


naïade

From Ancient Greek Νᾱϊάς (Nāïás) (oblique stem Νᾱϊαδ-).


Potterhead

Potter + -head, possibly by analogy with pothead.

Yesterday's news that Universal Studios was planning to open "The Wizarding World of Harry Potter" in 2009 will have prodded the shriek-buttons of millions of young Potterheads, whose relentless campaign for a "really fun holiday this time, Daaad" will have ratcheted forward a few more irreversible notches.

2007 June 1, Pat Kane, “Are They Potty?”, in The Guardian:

Her infectious enthusiasm has brought many knitters (like Alison Hansel!) into the Potterhead fold and has introduced Potterheads into the world of knitting.

2007, Alison Hansel, Charmed Knits: Projects for Fans of Harry Potter, page 164:

"Happiness x10000," wrote one fan on learning of Rowling's new project. "IT'S LIKE POTTERHEAD CHRISTMAS!" said another.

2012 April 16, Alison Flood, “Harry Potter encyclopedia in progress, says JK Rowling”, in The Guardian:

(informal, fandom slang) One who loves the Harry Potter series of books, the Potterverse, and/or the Wizarding World Rowling-created franchise, especially to a fanatical degree.


sea monk

[…] three sea monks being found in 1530, 1546 and 1549. In fact the first sea monk was not a sea monk at all, having been found in the Rhine. The second one was found near Copenhagen with a black head and the clothes of a monk and the final one was found near Hafnia (Copenhagen), tonsured like a monk. […] Nonetheless walruses remain a possible explanation for the occurence of sea monks prior to 1546.

2005, Steenstrupia, volume 29, pages 40-45:

Sea monks had failed to assert themselves into the popular imagination the way mermaids had. They lacked a certain appeal. The few pictorial depictions stuck a tonsured human head on a fish body, scaly fins and tail forming the monk's ...

2019, Holly MacArthur, Tin House 80: 20th Anniversary Edition:

(folklore) A sea creature in European folklore (in the 16th century), a sort of fish that resembled (and was sometimes robed or tonsured like) a European monk.


dragonette

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(small dragon):

(female dragon):

And I really don't know how to say this, except to say that this dragoness is seriously luscious. Maybe that's a terrible thing to say because I'm dying and all, but there it is. This is one seriously juicy-looking dragonette.

2018, Gabe Hudson, “What a Fitting Place for me to Die, Here in the Belly of the Beast”, in Gork, the Teenage Dragon, page 202: