Update to the Partial List of Very Fantasy Words (Patreon)

These are “real,” not newly-minted words, which I am MUCH more likely to encounter in a fantasy ttRPG or novel than anywhere else (with "crossword puzzle" often a distant second likely location). Note that I intentionally don’t give definitions. If a word looks cool, go look it up! I love projects that expand people’s vocabulary.

Some of these are tied to a concept that just doesn’t come up much outside of fantasy. Others are just terms that sound cool and get bolted on to fantasy to give it a more mysterious feel, or that got used in pulps and similar stories enough that they have a cachet with fantasy fans.

Newest entries are bolded.

Adamant
Alacrity
Analect
Anelace
Approbation
Archon
Argute
Armiger
Armlet
Ascian
Aspergillum
Axinomancy
Baleful
Baldric
Banneret
Barrow
Bestiary
Bulwark
Caer
Cantillate
Ceraunomancy
Cerulean
Chiliad
Chronicle
Codex
Coistril
Cozen
Croft
Cthonic
Cudgel
Deliquesce
Demesne
Destrier
Dexter
Dimunition
Dirk
Disenthral
Disquiet
Deosil or deasil
Dolabra
Doppelganger
Dour
Draff
Draught
Eerie
Effable (though ineffable is much more common)
Eldritch
Ensorcel
Ethereal
Evocation
Famulus
Fane
Fel
Flagon
Folio
Froward
Furuncle
Gainpain
Galivant
Gallant
Geas
Gird/Girt
Gride
Glyph
Grimoire
Grue
Harbinger
Harrow/harrowers
Haruspex
Haversack
Heraldry
Homunculus
Hind
Imbue
Incant
Incantation
Incunabulum
Insouciant
Inunct
Jazaraint/Jazarant
Jinx
Justiciar
Karst
Kava
Keck
Kedge
Kef
Kith
Kurgan
Kyrie
Lanthorn
Legerdemain
Lexicon
Lichgate
Liripipe
Lucence
Lucubration
Manse
Mesne
Miscibility
Moribund
Mudlark
Mugwart
Nacarat
Nacre
Naos
Naphtha
Narthex
Naze
Necrologue
Nephilim
Oculus
Offal
Oracle
Orrery
Ossuary
Oubliette
Palimpsest
Pauldron
Pavonine
Periapt
Phial
Phylactery
Potable
Prestidigitate
Previse
Profligate
Psychopomp
Puissant
Querulous
Quaff
Raconteur
Realm
Reliquary
Rill
Sage
Samite
Saturnine
Scofflaw
Scry
Seer
Sepulchral
Sigil
Signet
Skullduggery
Smallsword
Spadassin
Solander
Souk (or souq)
Stramazoun
Sup
Sward
Tabor
Taciturn
Takwin
Talisman
Telos
Tenebrous
Thalassic
Thew
Tincture
Tome
Trenchant
Troth
Tumulus
Tunic
Tyro
Umber
Umbrage
Unbated
Undercroft
Uroboros
Valiant
Vavasour (though I prefer the spelling vavasor)
Venerable
Wain
Weir
Welkin
Widdershins
Xanthic
Xenagogue
Xeric
Yale
Yeoman/Yeowoman
Ylem
Ziggurat