Gandalfesque

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adjective

With qualities resembling those of Gandalf, a wise old wizard in The Lord of the Rings with a long white beard.

Similar
GandalfianGandalfish
OriginOld Norse Gandálfr →
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Meanings

adjectiveGandalfesque (comparative more Gandalfesque, superlative most Gandalfesque)

comparative more Gandalfesque · superlative most Gandalfesque

  1. With qualities resembling those of Gandalf, a wise old wizard in The Lord of the Rings with a long white beard.

    […] there is radical Evil here (distilled in its purest form in Lord Voldemort), as much as there is Good (figured in the Gandalfesque Dumbledore).

    2007, William MacNeil, Lex Populi: The Jurisprudence of Popular Culture, page 25

    Synonyms: Gandalfian, Gandalfish

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveWith qualities resembling those of Gandalf, a wise old wizard in The Lord of the Rings with a long white beard.

Similar
GandalfianGandalfish
Also see
gandalfiangandalfish

Origin

  1. Old NorseGandálfr
  2. EnglishGandalfesque

Gandalf + -esque, with the name having been taken by J. R. R. Tolkien from the Old Norse Gandálfr, from gandr (“magic staff”) + alfr (“elf”).

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Chicago

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