Nonsensical game names interpreted by online dictionaries
Defining the undefinable
Disgaea
Dictionary.com suggests: Dosages (administrations of medicine in doses)
Merriam-Webster.com suggests: Diastole (a rhythmically recurrent expansion; especially the dilatation of the cavities of the heart during which they fill with blood)
Metroid
Dictionary.com suggests: Metros (the underground electric railways of Paris, France, Montreal, Canada, Washington, D.C., and other cities)
Merriam-Webster.com suggests: Meteoroid (a meteor particle itself without relation to the phenomena it produces when entering the earth's atmosphere)
Kwirk
Dictionary.com suggests: Kwic (of or designating an alphabetical concordance of the principal terms in a text showing every occurrence of each term surrounded by a few words of the context)
Merriam-Webster.com suggests: Crore (a unit of value equal to ten million rupees [the currency of India, not Hyrule - Ed])
deSPIRIA
Dictionary.com suggests: Despairer (one who has given up hope)
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Merriam-Webster.com suggests: Diaspora (the settling of scattered colonies of Jews outside Palestine after the Babylonian exile)
Etrian Odyssey
Dictionary.com suggests: Aterian (of or indicating a Middle Paleolithic industry of northwestern Africa and the Sahara)
Merriam-Webster.com suggests: Terrain (a geographic area)
Draglade
Dictionary.com suggests: Draggled (soiled by dragging over damp ground or in mud)
Merriam-Webster.com suggests: Lake Garda (a lake in northern Italy)
Ontamarama
Dictionary.com suggests: Intemerate (inviolate; undefiled; unsullied; pure)
Merriam-Webster.com suggests: Antimalarial (serving to prevent, control, or cure malaria)
Cubivore: Survival of the Fittest
Dictionary.com suggests: Cubiform (having the shape of a cube)
Merriam-Webster.com suggests: Cuba libre (a cocktail made with rum, lime juice, and cola)
Galeoz
Dictionary.com suggests: Gales (very strong winds)
Merriam-Webster.com suggests: Gloze (an obsolete word for gloss)
Growlanser
Dictionary.com suggests: Growliness (resembling a growl in pitch and harshness; irritable)
Merriam-Webster.com suggests: Granulose (having a surface roughened with small particles)
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