Gandalfesque

English

Etymology

Gandalf +‎ -esque, with the name having been taken by J. R. R. Tolkien from the Old Norse Gandálfr, from gandr (“magic staff”) + alfr (“elf”).

Adjective

Gandalfesque (comparative more Gandalfesque, superlative most Gandalfesque)

1. With qualities resembling those of Gandalf, a wise old wizard in The Lord of the Rings with a long white beard.
   • 2007, William MacNeil, Lex Populi: The Jurisprudence of Popular Culture, page 25:

     […] there is radical Evil here (distilled in its purest form in Lord Voldemort), as much as there is Good (figured in the Gandalfesque Dumbledore).

Synonyms

• Gandalfian, Gandalfish