Sauronesque

English Etymology From en Sauron esque. Adjective Having similar traits to the fictional character Sauron from the works of J. R. R. Tolkien, including evilness, tyrannicalness, or all-seeingness. en 1984 Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact 104 10-14 http://books.google.com/books?id=p7EjAQAAMAAJ&q=%22This+crew+faces+the+Sauronesque+%22 146 This crew faces the Sauronesque embodiment of evil, the Shadow, its minions, the savage Reavers, and treachery in the usurper of Arlen's throne. en Noah Shachtman Bush's Year of U.S. Surveillance https://archive.is/20140303123713/www.wired.com/politics/security/news/2003/01/57005 Wired 2 January 2003 And it's not the only Sauronesque Bush program en 2008 Chronicles 32 http://books.google.com/books?id=p1IRAQAAMAAJ&q=%22sauronesque%22&dq=%22sauronesque%22 36 Their Sauronesque motto—Join us, and we can rule the Middle East together—doesn't have quite the catchy ring it once did. en en eponyms terms derived from Tolkien's legendarium en J. R. R. Tolkien