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gollumish

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Having similar traits to the fictional character Gollum, including obsessiveness, sinisterness or talking in an unusual manner often punctuated by hissing sounds.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal

Examples

  • 2003: "I do feel a bit Gollumish about it..." —alt.support.low-carb, 12 Nov 2003
  • 2004: "With the gollumish Tony Blair never far away, urging him on, George W Bush doggedly climbed his own Mt Doom and thrust the Coalition of the Willing into the fire – along with a few thousand apparently expendable human lives." —The New Zealand Listener, Vol 191, "2003 reloaded", 27 Jan 2004

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History

Etymology

Etymology tree English Gollum Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English gollumish From Gollum + -ish.