# Ringnut

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A fan of the opera cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen by Richard Wagner.
2. A fan of the novel The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien and/or the film trilogy based on it.

## Etymology
From ring + nut, by analogy with wingnut.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/ringnut