Partial List of Very Fantasy Words (Patreon)

I keep updating this on my blog, but Ive never posted the whole list to my Patreon, so...

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.

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