English Explanatory Dictionary

Vril

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A controllable form of energy.
  2. A kind of flying saucer supposedly built by the Nazis.
noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Vril.

Pronunciation

/vɹɪl/

Word forms

Vril

Etymology

Coined by British statesman and author Edward Bulwer-Lytton in the 1871 science fiction novel The Coming Race, later titled Vril, apparently as a clipping of virile.

Derived words

Bovril
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