wumpus
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English
Etymology
Coined in an early text-based computer game, Hunt the Wumpus (published 1973).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwʌmpəs/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
wumpus (plural wumpi)
- A fictional reclusive monster.
- 1987, Etienne Wenger, Artificial Intelligence and Tutoring Systems:
- In addition to the Wumpus, other dangers are lurking: namely deadly pits, and bats that grab the player and drop her in a random cave.
- 2003, Selmer Bringsjord, Michael John Zenzen, Superminds: People Harness Hypercomputation, and More:
- A scream occurs when the agent shoots an arrow that kills the wumpus.
- 2008, Andreas Jahn-Sudmann, Ralf Stockmann, Computer Games as a Sociocultural Phenomenon:
- In Hunter, towards the end of the game, the player is tracking the wounded wumpus and finds herself in a room of interconnected caves.