elemental
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- noun
- /ˌɛlɪˈmɛntəl/
- Literature
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elemental
- I've never summoned an elemental before.
- summon an elemental
- an earth elemental
- an air elemental
Examples
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The only snag was that the spell to summon an elemental required that I find a place of power where I could conduct the ritual.
Fiction book (1994) -
The earth elemental tumbled to the ground, while the tall tree stood, flailing about with its branchlike limbs.
Fiction book (1992) -
Once more, the earth elemental rose from the land.
Fiction book (1992) -
Fire elementals are probably the least known elemental.
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A water elemental could probably be very useful against the Gorgorians if anybody ever got around to fighting them again.
Fiction book (1993) -
Well, maybe not the height of practicality, but you never know when an air elemental may be able to help out.
Fiction book (1994) -
The elemental tore its great feet free from the ground and clumped toward the monster.
Fiction book (1992) -
It's an Elemental, a giver of life and a destroyer.
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I believed humans, animals, seas, and the stars were composed of the same elementals into which we would all someday return.
Fiction book (1999) -
The fire elemental unleashed a torrent of flames, engulfing everything in its path.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Elemental as a noun comes from the idea of the four 'elements' ('fire', 'water', 'earth', 'air'), and writers began to call a spirit made of one of those elements an elemental, like a being of pure fire. So, an elemental in stories is a spirit that is the living form of a single element.