different between orc vs orkish
orc
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /??k/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??k/
- Rhymes: -??(?)k
Etymology 1
From Middle French orque, Italian orca, and their source, Latin orca (“type of whale”).
Noun
orc (plural orcs)
- (archaic) Any of several large, ferocious sea creatures, now especially the killer whale. [from 16th c.]
Translations
Etymology 2
Probably from Italian orco (“man-eating giant”); later revived by J. R. R. Tolkien, partly after Old English orc (“demon”); both from Latin Orcus (“the underworld; the god Pluto”). Doublet of ogre.
Noun
orc (plural orcs)
- (fantasy, mythology) A mythical evil monstrous humanoid creature, occasionally porcine, usually quite aggressive and often green. [from 17th c.]
- 1656, Samuel Holland, Don Zara del Fogo, I.1:
- Who at one stroke didst pare away three heads from off the shoulders of an Orke, begotten by an Incubus.
- 1834, "The National Fairy Mythology of England" in Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country, Vol. 10, p. 53:
- The chief exploit of the hero, Beowulf the Great, is the destruction of the two monsters Grendel and his mother; both like most of the evil beings in the old times, dwellers in the fens and the waters; and both, moreover, as some Christian bard has taken care to inform us, of "Cain's kin," as were also the eotens, and the elves, and the orcs (eótenas, and ylfe, and orcneas).
- 1954, JRR Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring:
- There was a flash like flame and the helm burst asunder. The orc fell with cloven head.
- 1656, Samuel Holland, Don Zara del Fogo, I.1:
Hypernyms
- greenskin
Derived terms
Descendants
All are borrowed. Some listed may be semantic loans.
Translations
See also
- ogre
- goblin
- troll
Anagrams
- COR, CRO, CoR, Cor., OCR, ROC, cor, cor-, roc
Catalan
Noun
orc m (plural orcs)
- An orc.
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ork/, [or?k]
Etymology 1
Compare Old Saxon ork.
Noun
orc m (nominative plural orcas)
- cup, tankard
Declension
Etymology 2
From Latin Orcus (“the underworld; the god Pluto”).
Noun
orc m
- a demon
- hell
Declension
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *?orkos, from Proto-Indo-European *pór?os. Cognate with Latin porcus and English farrow.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ork/
Noun
orc m
- piglet
- Synonym: banb
Declension
Mutation
Descendants
- Irish: arc
- Manx: ark
References
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “orc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from English orc.
Noun
orc m (plural orcs)
- (fantasy) orc (evil, monstrous humanoid creature)
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orkish
English
Etymology
Variant of orcish. Popularized by J. R. R. Tolkien in The Lord of the Rings.
Adjective
orkish (comparative more orkish, superlative most orkish)
- (fantasy) Of, pertaining to, or sharing similarities with an orc.
- He grimaced in an orkish manner.
See also
- trollish
Translations
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