Synonyms for orcs
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : awrk |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɔrk |
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Définition of orcs
Origin :- "ogre, devouring monster," Old English orcþyrs, orcneas (plural), perhaps from a Romanic source akin to ogre, and ultimately from Latin Orcus "Hell," a word of unknown origin. Revived by J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973) as the name of a brutal race in Middle Earth.
- But Orcs and Trolls spoke as they would, without love of words or things; and their language was actually more degraded and filthy than I have shown it. ["Return of the King," 1955]
- As in whale : noun cetacean mammal
- Orkney retains the name of the Orcs (Boars), a Pictish tribe.
- Extract from : « Ancient Man in Britain » by Donald A. (Donald Alexander) Mackenzie
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