hezrou

H4E1Z10R1O1U1

noun

A toad-like humanoid demon.

Scrabble 18

Meanings

nounhezrou (plural hezrous)

plural hezrous

  1. fantasyA toad-like humanoid demon.

    A hezrou—a demon like a man-sized toad with spikes running down its back and arms and hands in place of forelegs—turned the handle and threw open the door.

    2010, Richard Lee Byers, Unclean: The Haunted Lands
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    If you play with certain demons (mariliths, vrocks, hezrous, bone devils, nalfeshnees, pit fiends, or water demons), you could eventually get Yeenoghu anywhere, and then he could get you Demo.

    2001, Kate Nepveu, “some tough questions?”, in rec.games.roguelike.nethack (Usenet)

Origin

Introduced in the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game in the 1970s.

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