vorpal

Adjective

(comparative more vorpal, superlative most vorpal)

Sharp or deadly.
(role-playing games, of a blade) Having a special power making decapitation likely.

Origin

Coined by Lewis Carroll in the poem Jabberwocky to describe a sword.

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