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Word of the Day - halfling

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halfling

/ˈhɑːflɪŋ/
noun
1 (originally in stories by J. R. R. Tolkien) a member of an imaginary race of small people.
2 (in fantasy fiction) a being who is the offspring of a human and a member of another race.
3 Scottish archaic A person who is not yet fully grown.

Origin
Mid 17th century: from half + -ling.

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Writers of fantasy fiction populate their imagined worlds with all sorts of imagined species, including halfling ones. Then, so did the myths of the Ancients.

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