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zorkmid

zorkmid noun: a fictional unit of currency used in various computer games.

Noun

zorkmid (plural zorkmids)

  1. A fictional unit of currency used in various computer games.
    • Yes, the zorkmid is still the official medium of exchange, and this realm supposedly was founded by a relative of Dimwit Flathead III […]1984, Softalk for the IBM personal computer
    • Nethack (www.nethack.org), which is not IF but does use the zorkmid as its currency, has a one zorkmid coin. It is simply described as "a gold piece".2003, Robin Johnson, “One Zorkmid desc?”, in rec.games.int-fiction (Usenet)

Forms of zorkmid

pluralzorkmids

Origin of zorkmid

From the computer game Zork (1980).

Questions about zorkmid

What does zorkmid mean?
Zorkmid means a fictional unit of currency used in various computer games.
What part of speech is zorkmid?
Zorkmid is a noun.
What is the plural of zorkmid?
The plural of zorkmid is zorkmids.

Words near zorkmid in the dictionary

  1. zorite
  2. Zork
  3. zorkhaneh
  4. zorkhanehs
  5. Zorkian
  6. zorkmid
  7. zorkmids
  8. Zorleni
  9. Zorn
  10. Zorn's lemma
  11. Zornhau

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