Gandalfian

English

Etymology

From Gandalf +‎ -ian.

Adjective

Gandalfian (comparative more Gandalfian, superlative most Gandalfian)

  1. Of, related to, or characteristic of the fictional wizard Gandalf from the works of J. R. R. Tolkien.
    • 2002, Glen Duncan, I, Lucifer, Scribner, →ISBN, page 123:
      Weary Betsy blew a Gandalfian smoke-ring.
    • 2007, Amanda Hemingway, The Poisoned Crown, Del Rey, →ISBN, page 291:
      Above the beard his face was unmasked and very thin, concave cheeks falling away from jutting bones, his eyes sunken deep in their sockets under tufted Gandalfian brows.
    • 2011, Patricia Henley, Other Heartbreaks: Stories‎[1], Engine Books, →ISBN:
      A giraffe-like man, Gandalfian, nearly ninety, Uncle Leo wore his summer uniform, madras shorts and a polo shirt.

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