Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gandalfian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: gan-dal-fi-an
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

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

Example Sentences

"Weary Betsy blew a Gandalfian smoke-ring."
"Above the beard his face was unmasked and very thin, concave cheeks falling away from jutting bones, his eyes sunken deep in their sockets under tufted Gandalfian brows."
"A giraffe-like man, Gandalfian, nearly ninety, Uncle Leo wore his summer uniform, madras shorts and a polo shirt."

Etymology

From Gandalf + -ian.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Gandalf

Inflected Forms

more Gandalfian (comparative) most Gandalfian (superlative)

Synonyms

Gandalfesque Gandalfish

Questions

What does gandalfian mean?: Of, related to, or characteristic of the fictional wizard Gandalf from the works of J. R. R. Tolkien.
Where does gandalfian come from?: From Gandalf + -ian.

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