Lord of the Rings in one word

[Fordim Hedgethistle]

Here is your challenge:

Describe, in one word ONLY, The Lord of the Rings.

In the spirit of Sharkey's Men, Some Rules:

1) You are not allowed to repeat a word used by somebody else.

2) You are not allowed to serial post just to use more than one word.

3) You are not allowed to complain that "one word is not enough".

4) You are not allowed to explain your word.

5) ONE WORD ONLY


Me first:

Enchanting

[Mithalwen]

Long

[Brinniel]

Inspiring

[Lalwendë]

Visionary

[Laitoste]

Complex.

[Firefoot]

Beautiful.

[piosenniel]

Addictive

[Mithalwen]

precioussssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss

[Anguirel]

Nostalgic

[Lalwendë]

English












*waits for flames...

[Tiffany Aching]

...mercurial

[Oddwen]

Dreamy

[Macalaure]

Absorbing

[Bêthberry]

ofermod

[Boromir88]

Good

[the guy who be short]

Pretty.

[Durelin]

Quixotic...

[Rikae]

mythopoeic

[ninja91]

vast

[Boromir88]

Courtois

[Rune Son of Bjarne]

melancholic

[The Barrow-Wight]

epic

[Child of the 7th Age]

Hope

[mormegil]

Majestic

[Lhunardawen]

Believable.

[Laitoste]

Fantastical.

[piosenniel]

Instigative

[Thinlómien]

Best.

[Bêthberry]

Believable.

Unbelievable! ;)

[Rune Son of Bjarne]

Grandiose

[ninja91]

nostalgic

[The Squatter of Amon Rûdh]

Thick

[Essex]

Redemption

[Estelyn Telcontar]

Fascinating!

[Folwren]

Moving.

[Fordim Hedgethistle]

nostalgic

*HONK*

Sorry, that one was already used by Anguriel. But thanks for playing anyway, you can have a copy of the boardgame.

Or you can try again! :)

[JennyHallu]

soporific :p

[Mister Underhill]

Queer. :)

[elronds_daughter]

Wondrous.

[Folwren]

Fantastic.

(Don't you Honk me, young fellow - someone said fantastical, not fantastic.)

[elronds_daughter]

Effervescent.

[mormegil]

Cicumlocutious :)

[Farael]

Imaginative!

[Bêthberry]

tindome

[Mithalwen]

elegiac

[The Saucepan Man]

Hmm, I sense that Thesaurus.com has been receiving a lot of business recently ... :D

Allegorical ... er, no ... applicable. ;)

[Mithalwen]

Canonical

[Lalwendë]

Controversial

[Dimturiel]

Comforting.

[Oddwen]

Evanescent.

[Boromir88]

rich

[Anguirel]

Maverick

[Oddwen]

Engrossing.

[mormegil]

Novel

[Nogrod]

Ällistyttävä!

I checked my vocabulary with this one and it didn't give me any one-to-one translation.

But I liked the version of it being when someone is "dumbfounded" - so make it an adjective describing a work, "dumbfounding"? Well, Finnish language works like that: you can twist the classes of different terms by just adding things in the end of the word. As you see, I work that way in English too when I don't know the actual ways of usage of the terms...

[Eomer of the Rohirrim]

Beasting

[Damrod]

breathtaking

[Erunámo Séreturion]

Genius

[Laleena]

Lavandhal

[zeen]

...unique.

[ninja91]

Luminescent

[Bêthberry]

Resurgam

[Thinlómien]

Amazing.

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

Dateless.

[alatar]

f(x) = arctan(x), where x is positive.

[Rune Son of Bjarne]

Wicked

[Macalaure]

f(x) = arctan(x), where x is positive.
You mean LotR approaches ϖ/2 as x goes to ∞? ;)

edit: ack! Just realized it doesn't show like it's supposed to. It's pi/2 and the sign for infinity. :rolleyes:

[alatar]

You mean LotR approaches ϖ/2 as x goes to ∞? ;)
Ah...sure...whatever that means. ;) I was just looking for the word that describes the graph where the initial curve increased sharply, then at some time leveled off somewhat yet still increased. And so...

[Oddwen]

Non-mathematical :p

[Firefoot]

Transcendent.

[black shadow]

conception or if that is already used then execution

[yavanna II]

lovely

[Durelin]

You mean LotR approaches pi/2 as x goes to ∞?

Agh! Limits! :eek: I come here to avoid that sort of thing, you know... ;)

Driven

[Gurthang]

Emotional

[The Failed king]

excellent

[Orominuialwen]

(*Curses the evil that is calculus!*)

Sweeping.

[Laitoste]

Bittersweet.

[shieldmaiden4xsword]

amazing

[Valier]

Timeless

[Lhunardawen]

Fordim, I will leave the honking to you, but shieldmaiden repeated Lommy's amazing. :)

Hmm...now...let's see...

Inspired.

[Rune Son of Bjarne]

I don't think Fordim will do anything. He didn't when Nostalgic was said twice. . .

and don't you think you are pushing it your self Lhuna? Inspired vs. Inspirering. . .

racy

[Fordim Hedgethistle]

I don't think Fordim will do anything. He didn't when Nostalgic was said twice. . .

and don't you think you are pushing it your self Lhuna? Inspired vs. Inspirering. . .

racy

HONK to you all!

[Beleg Cuthalion]

HONK to you all!

Honk?? How bout "Complacent"? ;)

[Bêthberry]

dustsceawung

[yavanna II]

You mean LotR approaches ϖ/2 as x goes to ∞? ;)

edit: ack! Just realized it doesn't show like it's supposed to. It's pi/2 and the sign for infinity. :rolleyes:


calculus stuff. i like it. and let me give another word in my mother tongue: mahusay (i can't think of the most accurate english traslation). :D

[Laitoste]

saturnine

[Holbytlass]

escapism

[Valier]

Layered

[Lhunardawen]

calculus stuff. i like it. and let me give another word in my mother tongue: mahusay (i can't think of the most accurate english traslation). :D

I think (very) well-written works well enough here, but mahusay is practically impossible to directly translate. :)

Honk to you, Lhuna.

[Rikae]

1191

[doom_hammer]

huge

[Grok]

fabulitastic :)

[The Might]

undescribable

[littlemanpoet]

Feigned ;)

[Firefoot]

Unrepeatable.

[littlemanpoet]

Interlaced

[Guinevere]

wise

[The Might]

unforegtable

[shieldmaiden4xsword]

true.

[littlemanpoet]

Real

[Hilde Bracegirdle]

Moving

[Galadel Vinorel]

Alexipharmic

For those who don't know, this word means:
Having the quality or nature of an antidote to poison.

I believe that The Lord of the Rings truly is an antidote to life and one that I take a dose of every day. ;)
Hee-hee! :)

[Boromir_bg]

Life itself.

[Elmo]

deep

[Son of Númenor]

Catholic

[Lalwendë]

Beefy

[Fordim Hedgethistle]

Life itself.

Welcome to the thread and to the Downs Boromir_bg, but I am sorry to say...

HONK

That's two words!

[Thinlómien]

HONK!

[Rikae]

Applicable.

[Rune Son of Bjarne]

Jazz

[Laurinquë]

Lush.

[Groin Redbeard]

Captivating!

[Diane C]

Ensorcelling!

[Eryn_Lasgalen]

Surreal.

[White_Knight]

religious..... as was mister tolken:p

[Morthoron]

mellifluous....or mellisonant....either one.

[Inziladun]

Exquisite.

[Ibrîniðilpathânezel]

Masterpiece.

[alatar]

mellifluous....or mellisonant....either one.
I assume you mean the audio version...;)

[Morthoron]

Actually, I've been reading FotR to my daughter, so we have been evocatively redolent in the professor's mellifluousity.

[Elfchick7]

Uplifting

[Dimturiel]

Healing

[Pitchwife]

Green

[Eönwë]

Golden

[Elanor Gardener]

Brilliant

[Gwathagor]

Choice

or

Hope

[Groin Redbeard]

HopeI'll never think of that word in a positive fashion ever again.:( I wonder, why did you pick choice? There doesn't seem to be much choice in the books at all; instead, things seemed to be pre destined.

I didn't mean to belittle your choices, Gwathagor, I just thought it interesting that you picked that word.:)

[Gwathagor]

I wonder, why did you pick choice? There doesn't seem to be much choice in the books at all; instead, things seemed to be pre destined.

One of the themes of LotR is the hobbits, who were previously neutral, being forced to enter into an ancient conflict and choose sides. And many episodes of the story revolve around the characters being forced to a forked place where they must make crucial decisions: Frodo at Bag End when he first learns the nature of the Ring, Frodo at the Council of Elrond, Frodo offers the Ring to Gandalf and later to Galadriel, Frodo at Amon Hen, Aragorn after the death of Boromir, Frodo in Morgul Vale, Samwise in Shelob's Lair (in the chapter The CHOICES of Master Samwise), Frodo at the Cracks of Doom - the list goes on.

And then, of course, there is the line: "All we have to decide to what to do with the time that is given to us."

I would also like to submit that predestination and personal responsibility (i.e. choice) are by no means contradictory.

[Thinlómien]

change

[TheOrcWithNoName]

Epic

[Eönwë]

Estel

[Oddwen]

Estellicious.

[Bêthberry]

Estel

A most interesting addition, Eönwë, particularly in light of the one word I suggested previously: dustsceawung (http://forum.barrowdowns.com/showpost.php?p=500862&postcount=84).

The two words suggest a thread about which concept predominates in LotR. :)

[PrinceOfTheHalflings]

Providential

[Hakon]

Perfect

[Babidi Buu]

Flawless

[Hakon]

Timeless

[Galadriel55]

Wise

and I like the word CHOICE

[Galadriel]

Fairy-tale ;)

[Galadriel55]

Fairy-tale

That's two words! :p;):p

[Galadriel]

That's two words!

Yeah, I know. But it's taken as one word. It's like saying 'long-run'. Technically, it's two words, but it's taken as one ;) If I had to say one word that comes even close, it would be 'fable', but that goes off-center.

[Galadriel55]

Yeah, I know. But it's taken as one word. It's like saying 'long-run'. Technically, it's two words, but it's taken as one ;) If I had to say one word that comes even close, it would be 'fable', but that goes off-center.

I was only joking! :p;)