tieflingとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From German tief (“deep, low”) +‎ -ling; coined for Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd edition.

発音

• IPA: /ˈtiːflɪŋ/

名詞

tiefling (plural tieflings)

1. (fantasy, roleplaying games) A member of a race of beings having a combination of human and demonic/devilish ancestry, found especially in Dungeons & Dragons.
   • 2013, David M. Ewalt, “D&D Next”, in Of dice and men : the story of Dungeons & Dragons and the people who play it‎, Scribner, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 210:

     That left me with either a human female paladin or a tiefling warlord.

   • 2015 April 9, Barbara T. Cerny, The Tiefling: Angel Kissed, Devil Touched‎, Assent Publishing, →ISBN:

     I did not choose to be a monster—a shell of a man—half-human, half-fiend. I am a tiefling. I am what I am.

   • 2018, “Planar Scion”, in Starfinder: Alien Archive 2‎, Paizo, →ISBN, page 210:

     The Radiant Cathedral, on the other hand, trains aasimars to become beacons of the Sarenite faith, and also guides tieflings to a brighter future than their heritage suggests.

下位語

• demon, devil

関連する語

• deep

アナグラム

• fileting