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Gandalfesque
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English
Etymology
Gandalf en esque, with the name having been taken by J. R. R. Tolkien from the en non Gandálfr, from non gandr magic staff + non alfr elf.
Adjective
With qualities resembling those of Gandalf, a wise old wizard in The Lord of the Rings with a long white beard.
en 2007 William MacNeil Lex Populi: The Jurisprudence of Popular Culture 25 there is radical Evil here (distilled in its purest form in Lord Voldemort), as much as there is Good (figured in the Gandalfesque Dumbledore).
Synonyms
en Gandalfian, en Gandalfish
en eponyms terms derived from Tolkien's legendarium
en J. R. R. Tolkien