Meanings
comparative more Tolkienish · superlative most Tolkienish
- Of, related to, or characteristic of J. R. R. Tolkien or his writings.
The novel also reflects a Tolkienish nostalgia for an earlier England dominated by the rural squirarchy that Eliot absorbed so completely.
2011, Leon Surette, Dreams of a Totalitarian Utopia: Literary Modernism and Politics, page 3012 more examples
Most campaigns that I have played in have tended to utilise a sort of Tolkienish semi-medieval background, sometimes not very well developed.
1985 June, Roger Musson, “Stirge Corner”, in Imagine: Adventure Game Magazine, page 51Early on, the trail passes a tiny cedar lake with Tolkienish overtones. A hobbit-size table and chairs have been carved out of wooden stumps.
1989, Jack Christie, Day Trips from Vancouver, page 55Synonyms: Tolkienesque, Tolkienian, Tolkieny
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveOf, related to, or characteristic of J. R. R. Tolkien or his writings.
Origin
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Tolkienish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tolkienish
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