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<p>68.22.242.221: New page: &#039;&#039;&#039;Tolkiennymy&#039;&#039;&#039; is the lexicological study of Tolkien&#039;s use of names and words found in existing languages. This branch of study examines the etymologies (origins) of names such as [[Bil...</p> <hr /> <div>'''Tolkiennymy''' is the lexicological study of Tolkien's use of names and words found in existing languages. This branch of study examines the etymologies (origins) of names such as [[Bilbo]], [[Boffin]], [[The Yale]], and [[Tom Bombadil]], as well as words like [[Uncommon words|bootless]], [[Uncommon words|confusticate]], [[Uncommon words|hundredweight]], and [[Uncommon words|leechcraft]].<br /> <br /> This term was coined by [[Mark T. Hooker]]. Its use dates to his first collection of essays, [[A Tolkienian Mathomium]].<br /> <br /> ==Etymology==<br /> On the analogy of ''toponymy'' = lexicological study of place names; a branch of ''onomastics'' = the study of names and naming.</div>

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