Gollumesque

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adjective

Resembling Gollum, a monster from J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy world of Middle-earth.

Scrabble 23

Meanings

adjectiveGollumesque (comparative more Gollumesque, superlative most Gollumesque)

comparative more Gollumesque · superlative most Gollumesque

  1. Resembling Gollum, a monster from J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy world of Middle-earth.

    Just then Newo noticed something scuttle across Labertha’s stomach. It was sort of small and wiry with a slightly oversized head, Gollumesque if you will.

    2003, Charlie Hamilton James, The Matewix, London: HarperCollinsEntertainment, page 182
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    He was quivering in the corner, a nasty, scrawny, Gollumesque type creature, scared, spitting, snarling, panting, knowing I was on the attack, a cornered beast!

    2009, Ben Gander, OCD & ME, Gander Publications, page 141

    Crouching down like some maniacal Gollumesque creature, I scrape with a stone the Four Binding Elements (as Lissa called them), basically four triangles, each containing a circle on the cement of the footpath.

    2010, Trent Jamieson, Death Most Definite, Orbit, page 191

Origin

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APA

Gollumesque. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gollumesque

MLA

“Gollumesque.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gollumesque. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Gollumesque,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gollumesque.

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