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Ringwraith
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ringwraith
English
Etymology
From en ring wraith, coined by J. R. R. Tolkien as a fantasy character in The Lord of the Rings.
Pronunciation
en
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Noun
en fantasy Anyone who keeps a magical ring, and is enslaved thereby, and may also be rendered invisible and immortal thereby.
en 2006 J.C. Sillesen No Return 40 http://books.google.com/books?id=MmbfcO9zHCkC&pg=PA40&dq=ringwraith+-tolkien&sig=R04CXAkWlc1Sofx69WzbvBFK_vU A party of four at one of my stations included a pretty creditable Scarlett O'Hara in her famous green velvet `curtains' gown, a fairy princess complete with fancy airbrushed wings, a man dressed as either a Ringwraith or the Grim Reaper (I guessed from the absence of a sickle that he was probably a Ringwraith), and George Washington.
en 2007 Mark Stephen Smith http://books.google.com/books?id=K58Q3zmeWOcC&pg=PP11&dq=%22ringwraiths%22+-tolkien&lr=&sig=2UD5OUAci4DUjy-z9uq0Y5hXRuA x The Art of Flash Animation: Creative Cartooning I had written a number of short stories in the Twilight Zone and Alfred Hitchcock Presents vein, and a couple of fantasy novels that explored the premise of modernized 'Ringwraiths' invading a 1986 Alabama high school."
2007. Jerry Dowlen, "Lio Lios", 2007, p27
Like the Ringwraiths,
I need your acacia unfurled,
Enabling my dream-stuns
Of fizzing mauve whirls.
Synonyms
en Nazgul
en terms derived from Tolkien's legendarium
en Fictional abilities Fictional characters Immortality J. R. R. Tolkien Stock characters