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round-ear

noun

Etymology

From an allusion to the round pinnae of humans, as contrasted to the long, pointed ears common in fantasy depictions of elves, fairies, and similar fictional species.

Definitions

  1. A human or half-human.

    • ‘You stinking, cowardly round-ear,’ she snarled, baring her canines at him.
    • "Shut up, round-ear," he barked back. There were a couple of laughs at that. And a few of the elves did look like they thought making a cage of human limbs could be a fun way to pass the time.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for round-ear. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA