vrock
English
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Etymology
[edit]Introduced in the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game in the 1970s. Possibly related to Swedish vråk (“buzzard”).
Noun
[edit]vrock (plural vrocks)
- (fantasy) A humanoid demon with the head, claws, and wings of a giant vulture.
- 2001, Kate Nepveu, “some tough questions?”, in rec.games.roguelike.nethack (Usenet):
- If you play with certain demons (mariliths, vrocks, hezrous, bone devils, nalfeshnees, pit fiends, or water demons), you could eventually get Yeenoghu anywhere, and then he could get you Demo.
- 2005, Trina L. Talma, River's End, page 28:
- The hag, after seeing her threats had no effect on Liann, left her alone, though usually watched over by the vrock.
Manx
[edit]Noun
[edit]vrock
- Lenited form of brock.
Mutation
[edit]| Manx mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| brock | vrock | mrock |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||