"trollish" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more trollish [comparative], most trollish [superlative]
Etymology: From troll + -ish. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|troll|ish}} troll + -ish Head templates: {{en-adj}} trollish (comparative more trollish, superlative most trollish)
  1. (fantasy) Resembling or characteristic of a troll (supernatural being). Categories (topical): Fantasy
    Sense id: en-trollish-en-adj-TjwOvpuR Topics: fantasy
  2. Resembling or characteristic of a troll (Internet troublemaker) or trolling.
    Sense id: en-trollish-en-adj-cvLRFsrV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ish, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Old Norse translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 89 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ish: 6 94 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 5 95 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 88 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 97 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Old Norse translations: 9 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: trollishly, trollishness Translations (resembling a troll): trylsk (Norwegian Bokmål), trylskr (Old Norse)
Disambiguation of 'resembling a troll': 50 50
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