> https://grammarist.com/usage/dwarfs-dwarves/ tells me it's a neologism
or, perhaps, a neoarchaeologism? > popularized by Tolkien. The OED's only record of it (in a usage citation for "dwarf, n.") is "1818 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. 46 26 The history of Laurin, king of the dwarves." ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com archives back to 2003: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove
