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Gandalfesque

Gandalfesque adjective: with qualities resembling those of Gandalf, a wise old wizard in The Lord of the Rings with a long white beard.

Adjective

Gandalfesque (comparative more Gandalfesque, superlative most Gandalfesque)

  1. With qualities resembling those of Gandalf, a wise old wizard in The Lord of the Rings with a long white beard.
    • […] there is radical Evil here (distilled in its purest form in Lord Voldemort), as much as there is Good (figured in the Gandalfesque Dumbledore).2007, William MacNeil, Lex Populi: The Jurisprudence of Popular Culture, page 25

Synonyms of Gandalfesque

Forms of Gandalfesque

comparativemore Gandalfesque
superlativemost Gandalfesque

Origin of Gandalfesque

Gandalf + -esque, with the name having been taken by J. R. R. Tolkien from the Old Norse Gandálfr, from gandr (“magic staff”) + alfr (“elf”).

Questions about Gandalfesque

What does Gandalfesque mean?
Gandalfesque means with qualities resembling those of Gandalf, a wise old wizard in The Lord of the Rings with a long white beard.
What part of speech is Gandalfesque?
Gandalfesque is an adjective.

Words near Gandalfesque in the dictionary

  1. gancyclovir
  2. Gand Island
  3. Ganda
  4. Gandaki
  5. Gandalf
  6. Gandalfesque
  7. Gandalfian
  8. Gandalfish
  9. gandang
  10. Gandangara
  11. Gandangarra

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