Etymology

balrog

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Today it means: A fiery demonic creature. Full definition →

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Coined by J. R. R. Tolkien in his constructed language Sindarin as Balrog (literally “Demon of Might”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.