Tolkien
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- proper noun
- /ˈtoʊlkiːn/
- On some subjects, Tolkien simply knew more and had thought more deeply than anyone else in the world.
- J.R.R. Tolkien
- R. Tolkien
- J. R. R. Tolkien
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Watch on YouTubeI love, I love Tolkien's world building, so I guess Middle Earth.
- I love, I love Tolkien's world building, so I guess Middle Earth.
- I feel like I got nothing from them in the books, and maybe that's just Tolkien's writing, but that was just not it for me.
- Interestingly enough, Tolkien wrote a very introspective piece called Leaf by Niggle.
- JRR Tolkien once remarked Welsh is of this soil, this island, the senior language of the men of Britain.
- He doesn't say Tolkien, he says Ernest Hemingway.
- I went to the bar where CS Lewis and Tolkien, would Tolkien meet?
- So what does Tolkien have to say?
- He also did meet Tolkien at one point.
- My mom studied with JRR Tolkien, right?
- It's like an interactive version of an Elder Scrolls Tolkien world and you get to live in it.
Examples
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Notice how Tolkien's The Hobbit begins with a simple description of place.
Academic text (2009) -
"thank you for the letter and the Tolkien books you sent me.
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I love, I love Tolkien's world building, so I guess Middle Earth.
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I have to tell you, Mr. Tolkien, I've never come across anything like it.
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Galadriel is the name of a great queen in a book by a man named Tolkien.
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Today we shall sing of these events and join in their chorus to bring the great themes of Tolkien's world to life.
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Along with this, Tolkien believed that languages could be intrinsically attractive or intrinsically repulsive.
Fiction book (2001) -
I am even rereading Tolkien's trilogy about hobbits.
Academic text (2009) -
I puzzle over how Nabokov turns nouns into adjectives, and marvel at Tolkien's ear.
Academic text (2010) -
J.R.R. Tolkien created a rich mythology in his famous books.
Synonyms
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A British writer who studied languages and created The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit
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A British writer and language expert who wrote the fantasy books The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings
Surface Forms
Etymology
Tolkien is a family name that comes from German ancestors. A helpful way to remember it is to think of J.R.R. Tolkien as a scholar of languages and a storyteller, so the name now means the famous writer of 'The Hobbit' and 'The Lord of the Rings'.