tarrasque

English

Etymology

In the fantasy sense, introduced in the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, derived from tarasque (“mythical European dragon”).

Noun

tarrasque (plural tarrasques)

1. (mythology) Archaic form of tarasque.
2. (fantasy) A gigantic lizard-like monster.
   • 1998, Virtual, “Tarrasque”, in rec.games.roguelike.angband (Usenet):

     What's the best way to kill that goddam Tarrasque? I do have resist disenchant + elemental resist + temporary fire/cold, but after 10 or so tries, the Tarrasque is still alive and well, and I get really close only one time, but I ran out of arrows, and then later he summoned way too many nasties.