New Blog Post - Revised, Partial List of Very Fantasy Words (Patreon)

It's been more than 18 months since I updated the Revised, Partial List of Very Fantasy Words (which can be found here)!

So if you want to have a vavasor gallivant across his demesne, or have the sigil in a grimoire be the campaign's telos, these are the words for you!

Alternatively, I have included the entire current list below.

These are "real," not newly-minted words, which I almost never encounter outside a fantasy RPG or novel. 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.

AdamantAnalectArchonArguteArmletAspergillumBalefulBarrowBestiaryBulwarkCaerCantillateCeraunomancyCeruleanChiliadChronicleCodexCozenCroftCthonicDeliquesceDemesneDexterDimunitionDisenthralDeosil or deasilDourDraffDraughtEerieEffable (though ineffable is much more common)EldritchEnsorcelEtherealEvocationFamulusFaneFelFlagonFolioFrowardFuruncleGalivantGallantGeasGlyphGrimoireHarbingerHarrow/harrowersHaruspexHaversackHeraldryHindImbueIncantIncantationIncunabulumInunctJusticiarKarstKavaKeckKedgeKefKithKurganKyrieLanthornLegerdemainLexiconLiripipeLucubrationMesneMiscibilityMudlarkNacaratNacreNaosNaphthaNarthexNazeNecrologueNephilimOculusOffalOrreryOssuaryOubliettePalimpsestPavoninePeriaptPhialPhylacteryPotablePrestidigitatePrevisePuissantQuerulousQuaffRaconteurRealmReliquaryRillSageScofflawScrySeerSigilSignetSkullduggerySolanderSouk (or souq)SupSwardTaborTaciturnTalismanTelosThalassicThewTinctureTomeTrothTumulusTunicUmberUmbrageUndercroftUroborosValiantVavasour (though i prefer the spelling vavasor)VenerableWainWeirWelkinWiddershinsYaleYeoman/YeowomanYlem