Ent

Etymology
Coined by in , 1954–55, from  ent:, from.

Cognate to ettin:.

Noun
(feminine entwife)


 * 1)  A fictional large talking tree.
 * 2) * 2003: Walter Scheps, "The Fairy-tale Morality of The Lord of the Rings", in Jared Lobdell (ed.), A Tolkien Compass
 * [...] and that fine young ent Quickbeam is merely a minor crux in an Old English glossary (the name Quickbeam means 'living tree' in Old English).
 * 1) * 2003: Colin Duriez, Tolkien and C. S. Lewis: The Gift of Friendship
 * Tolkien's Treebeard, his Ent creation, was inspired by Lewis, especially his sometimes emphatic deep voice
 * 1) * 2003: Ralph C. Wood, The Gospel According to Tolkien: Visions of the Kingdom in Middle-earth
 * Tolkien perhaps speaks for himself when he has Treebeard confess that "nobody cares for the woods as I care for them," and when this same Ent also warns that "the withering of all woods may be drawing near"

Translations

 * Serbian: ент

Anagrams

 * net, Net, .NET
 * ten

Noun
ent


 * 1) graft particularly on a tree

Anagrams

 * net, ten

Etymology
, whence also eoten:. Cognate to jǫtunn:.

Noun

 * 1) giant

Declension
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