Gollum

Translingual thumb Etymology From mul en Gollum, the character in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, "to whom this shark bears some resemblance in form and habits." See more on Wikipedia: Slender smooth-hound § Taxonomy and phylogeny. Proper noun 1 m genus family Pseudotriakidae family slender smooth-hound and gollumsharks Hypernyms genus ; Vertebrata subphylum subphylum; Gnathostomata infraphylum; Chondrichthyes superclass superclass; Elasmobranchii class; Selachimorpha superorder superorder; Carcharhiniformes order order; Pseudotriakidae family family Hyponyms genus Gollum attenuatus species (slender smooth-hound), Gollum suluensis species (Sulu gollumshark) described species; white-marked gollumshark undescribed species References Gollum (genus) 1 1 mul taxonomic eponyms mul Sharks English Etymology A fictional character from J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth. In the story, he was originally known as Sméagol but was later named Gollum after his habit of making “a horrible swallowing noise in his throat”. The name Sméagol comes from ang smeagan to question, scrutinize. Pronunciation en RP /ˈɡɒl.əm/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Gollum.wav Southern England en ɒləm 2 gäl'əm US, en /ˈɡɑləm/ Noun A person who bears the traits or has the characteristics of Gollum in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth. Translations fictional character Bengali: bn গলম Bulgarian: bg Ам-гъл m Catalan: ca Gòl·lum m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 咕嚕 gūlu Czech: cs Glum m Dutch: nl Gollem, nl Sméagol Finnish: fi Klonkku German: de Gollum Hebrew: he גולום Japanese: ja ゴクリ Marathi: mr गोल्लम m Russian: ru Горлум, ru Голлум Serbo-Croatian: sh Голум m, sh Golum m Swedish: sv Gollum Thai: th กอลลัม Verb To act like Gollum, the fictional character. en April 28 2005 Julian Love God X-Roasting https://groups.google.com/d/msg/alt.zen/mqc_PT1P6RI/JaccRpHBJocJ 1114704034.462969.53660@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com alt.zen Mike Biggins Gollumed..."After a few years it still amazes me that there are so many egocentric 'facilitators' trying to pass 'enlightenment' to the uneducated via Apz... but... APZ is MINE, it's MY PRECIOUS!"And it came to pass that he spent his life festering in the cayons and caves of his own poisoned min(es)d! Derived terms en gollumish Further reading en eponyms terms derived from Tolkien's legendarium en Fictional characters Human behaviour J. R. R. Tolkien People German Noun m,,s Gollum de terms derived from Tolkien's legendarium Swedish Noun sv noun en Gollum sv terms derived from Tolkien's legendarium