trollitis
English
noun
Definitions
- (humorous) A tendency to act like a troll, or online troublemaker.
Etymology
Suffix from English troll (grotesque creature which lives in hills under bridges, person who provokes others for personal amusement to cause disruption).
Origin
English
troll
Gloss
grotesque creature which lives in hills under bridges, person who provokes others for personal amusement to cause disruption
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Wintroll English
- backtroll English
- countertroll English
- troll English
- trollable English
- trollage English
- trollbuddy English
- trollee English
- troller English
- trollery English
- trollface English
- trollfic English
- trollicious English
- trollish English
- trollism English
- trollist English
- trollistic English
- trollkind English
- trolllike English
- trollsome English
- trolltard English
- weretroll English
- trollare Italian
- trollen Dutch, Flemish
- trolear Spanish, Castilian
- *truzlą Proto-Germanic
- troll Swedish
- troll Polish
- trǫll Old Norse
- โทรลล์ Thai
- טרול Hebrew (modern)
- 트롤 Korean