Tolkien

[ tohl-keen, tol- ]

noun

1. J(ohn) R(onald) R(eu·el) [roo, -, uh, l], 1892–1973, English novelist, philologist, and teacher, born in South Africa.

Tolkien

/ ˈtɒlkiːn /

noun

1. TolkienJ(ohn) R(onald) R(euel)18921973MBritishSouth AfricanLANGUAGE: philologistWRITING: writer J ( ohn ) R ( onald ) R ( euel ). 1892–1973, British philologist and writer, born in South Africa. He is best known for The Hobbit (1937), the trilogy The Lord of the Rings (1954–55), and the posthumously published The Silmarillion (1977)

Derived Forms

• ˌTolkienˈesque, adjective

Example Sentences

So, of course, in keeping with Tolkien’s themes, the Harfoots must play a major role in this saga.

From Time

They used Tolkien’s lore as a guide and filled in the gaps, condensing the long history of the era to create one action-packed show.

From Time

The night before a cross-country excursion, sit down with a Tolkien tale or queue up an exciting film.

From Popular-Science

In a Silicon Valley equivalent of Tolkien alchemy, his Roth would transform those PayPal shares into a tax-free fortune — one that would be safer than all the gems, gold and silver in the dragon Smaug’s mountain.

From ProPublica

Tolkien, channeling something similar, conjured the Eye of Sauron.

From The Daily Beast

You almost wish Tolkien had stopped with six dwarves [laughs].

From The Daily Beast

There was a bit of an uproar from Tolkien purists about her being included in...

From The Daily Beast

Smith survived the night patrol, and met Tolkien again on the fringes of the Battle of the Somme that summer.

From The Daily Beast

For Tolkien, the tale into which 1914 had plunged him never ended.

From The Daily Beast