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Q. pirindë n. “flower that opened and shut quickly with any change of light” (Category: Flower (other))

Q. pirindë, n. “flower that opened and shut quickly with any change of light” (Category: Flower (other))

A word in Definitive Linguistic Notes (DLN) from 1959 for a “flower that opened and shut quickly with any change of light” based on √PIRI “blink” and with variant forms pirinde and pirne (PE17/146). These flower names were part of an attempt by Tolkien to come up with a new etymology for S. alfirin after he decided that √LA was not a negative element, so that alfirin could no longer mean “immortelle”.

References ✧ PE17/146

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PIRI > pirinde [pirinde] ✧ PE17/146