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tolkienian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
tolkieni-an
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or relating to John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892-1973) or his writings, of which the best known are the fantasy epics The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.

Etymology

Etymology tree English Tolkien Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Tolkienian From Tolkien + -ian.

Inflected Forms

more Tolkienian (comparative) most Tolkienian (superlative)

Synonyms

Tolkienesque Tolkienish Tolkieny

Questions

What does tolkienian mean?
Of or relating to John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892-1973) or his writings, of which the best known are the fantasy epics The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.
Where does tolkienian come from?
Etymology tree English Tolkien Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Tolkienian From Tolkien + -ian.

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