Orcishadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈɔːkɪʃ/, U.S.

/ˈɔrkɪʃ/

Forms: 1900s– Orcish, 1900s– Orkish. Also with lower-case initial.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: orc n.², -ish suffix¹.

Etymology: < orc n.² + -ish suffix¹.

A. adj.

Of, belonging to, or characteristic of orcs (orc n.²); suggestive of or resembling an orc.Originally in the works of J. R. R. Tolkien (see quots. 1955); now usually in fantasy novels, games, etc.

ΚΠ

1955 J. R. R. Tolkien Return of King App. 409 The Orcs..developed as many barbarous dialects as there were groups or settlements of their race, so that their Orkish speech was of little use to them in intercourse between different tribes.

1990 Dragon Mag. Mar. (Dungeon Suppl.) p. K/2 An untouched bottle of a rare orcish spirit, ‘Ogmar's Finest’.

1993 Warhammer Armies: Empire 29 From the mountains of the east come the Orcish hordes: green-skinned savages with the hearts of beasts and the fury of madmen.

2001 Telegram (St. John's, Newfoundland) (Nexis) 15 Apr. 18 As part of her army, Stryke, the Orcish commander of the Wolverines, has had enough of her brutal reign.

B. n.

The language of orcs.

ΚΠ

1955 J. R. R. Tolkien Return of King App. 409 The older tribes..had long used the Westron as their native language, though in such a fashion as to make it hardly less lovely than Orkish.

1986 J. A. Johnson J.R.R. Tolkien iv. 196 Faults Tolkien's narrative style while praising the fragments of Elvish and Orcish.

1990 Games Rev. Jan. 48/1 A six-and-a-half page glossary of orcish.

2001 Sunday Mail (Queensland) (Nexis) 5 Aug. 79 I can't speak Orcish, but a useful phrase of Klingon has just come back to me.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	orcish
释义	Orcishadj.n. Brit. /ˈɔːkɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈɔrkɪʃ/ Forms: 1900s– Orcish, 1900s– Orkish. Also with lower-case initial. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: orc n.², -ish suffix¹. Etymology: < orc n.² + -ish suffix¹. A. adj. Of, belonging to, or characteristic of orcs (orc n.²); suggestive of or resembling an orc.Originally in the works of J. R. R. Tolkien (see quots. 1955); now usually in fantasy novels, games, etc. ΚΠ 1955 J. R. R. Tolkien Return of King App. 409 The Orcs..developed as many barbarous dialects as there were groups or settlements of their race, so that their Orkish speech was of little use to them in intercourse between different tribes. 1990 Dragon Mag. Mar. (Dungeon Suppl.) p. K/2 An untouched bottle of a rare orcish spirit, ‘Ogmar's Finest’. 1993 Warhammer Armies: Empire 29 From the mountains of the east come the Orcish hordes: green-skinned savages with the hearts of beasts and the fury of madmen. 2001 Telegram (St. John's, Newfoundland) (Nexis) 15 Apr. 18 As part of her army, Stryke, the Orcish commander of the Wolverines, has had enough of her brutal reign. B. n. The language of orcs. ΚΠ 1955 J. R. R. Tolkien Return of King App. 409 The older tribes..had long used the Westron as their native language, though in such a fashion as to make it hardly less lovely than Orkish. 1986 J. A. Johnson J.R.R. Tolkien iv. 196 Faults Tolkien's narrative style while praising the fragments of Elvish and Orcish. 1990 Games Rev. Jan. 48/1 A six-and-a-half page glossary of orcish. 2001 Sunday Mail (Queensland) (Nexis) 5 Aug. 79 I can't speak Orcish, but a useful phrase of Klingon has just come back to me. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1955
随便看	make a book make a botch of make a bridge of a person's nose make a building plain make a building plain with the earth make a call make a case make a cat laugh make a change make a cheese make a chevisance make a child make a choice make a claw to windward make a clean breast of make a clean breast of it make a clean job make a clean job of it make one's easter make one's easter duties make one's easter duty make one's end(s make one's evening make one's flesh creep make one's fortune