treent

English

Etymology

Blend of tree +‎ ent

Noun

treent (plural treents)

  1. Alternative spelling of treant.
    • 2011 December 9, Jack Culbertson, “Chapter 9 I Fight The Trees of Death”, in The Pyro Chronicles‎[1], Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 67:
      This whole time I was wondering what a treent was. I was going to ask but all of a sudden a huge tree came bolting from around Greg's house. It was pretty big, an oak maybe. A second followed, knocking into a normal tree.
    • 2015 December 27, R. J. Confiant, “Chapter 9 Loren”, in The Crux: Lendaw Series:, Book 1‎[2], volume 1, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN:
      “I am Brackenwood kin to the Loren. I am a Treent. You may think of me as a living tree. “Like a tree nymph,” mumbled Donyld. Blackenwood grew enraged and shouted, “I am not a common tree nymph”.
    • 2018 May 26, Joel Puga, “Chapter 6 Faiths”, in The Godungava‎[3], Joel Puga:
      Suddenly, an arrow landed at Sirpius' feet. The intruders followed its flight path, and their eyes widened in terror when they saw a huge tree with legs and arms, eyes and mouth. A treent. On top of it, partially hidden between the foliage, two humans and a halfling pulled their bows.
    • 2018 May 26, Joel Puga, “Chapter 6 Faiths”, in The Godungava‎[4], Joel Puga:
      Pseudunus and his group looked around, frightened, and realized that three more treents surrounded them, accompanied by a myriad of other creatures. Centaurs, elves, humans, satyrs, halflings, mémechares and brounies surrounded them on all sides, except the one they had come from. Bears and wolves, clearly under the effect of natural magic spells, gritted their teeth and growled menacingly, while snakes hissed in defiance.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:treent.
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