Orcish
Brutish fantasy language
Orcish refers to orcs—the brutish, warlike humanoid creatures from fantasy fiction, particularly Tolkien's Middle-earth and games like Dungeons & Dragons and World of Warcraft.
The word describes their language, culture, or characteristics: orcish battle cries, the orcish horde.
Figuratively, orcish suggests crude, aggressive, or barbaric behavior: His table manners were positively orcish.
Produced in throat
- harshUnpleasantly severe or rough
- growlingDeep threatening vocalization
- aggressiveHostile and confrontational
- constructedBuilt or assembled
fictional · Tolkien · vocabulary · dialect · phonetics · grammar · syntax · loanwords
guttural
Produced in throat
- harshUnpleasantly severe or rough
- growlingDeep threatening vocalization
- aggressiveHostile and confrontational
constructed · fictional · Tolkien · vocabulary · dialect · phonetics · grammar · syntax · loanwords · conlang
warband
Armed group for combat
chieftain · warlord · berserker · warrior · raiding · savagery · barbaric · ferocity · brutish · brute
- Middle-earthFrodo, Gandalf, Aragorn, Bilbo, Gollum
- Constructed Languagesconlang, Esperanto, artificial language, auxiliary language, language creation
- Tolkien LanguagesElvish
- Constructed ScriptsKlingon, Blissymbols, conscript