Tolkiendil
noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
- 1 A fan of the works of J. R. R. Tolkien, especially one interested in his constructed languages. slang
"Here's a competition for all German-speaking Tolkiendili who agree with me that this is a flaw of the translation (given that the English scans and rhymes perfectly): Come up with a better translation of the second stanza. (Or the whole poem, if you feel like it.)"
Example
More examples"Here's a competition for all German-speaking Tolkiendili who agree with me that this is a flaw of the translation (given that the English scans and rhymes perfectly): Come up with a better translation of the second stanza. (Or the whole poem, if you feel like it.)"
Etymology
From Tolkien and dil (“lover”), a word in Tolkien's constructed language of Quenya, notably used in the name of the character Eärendil.
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