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Goblin
//ˈɡɒb.lɪn// name, noun, slang
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Proper Noun
- 1 Acronym of Gospel Oak to Barking Line, a railway line in north London. British, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, informal
Noun
- 1 A malevolent and grotesque diminutive humanoid, often associated with orcs or trolls.
"From yͤ hagg & hungry Goblin, yͭ into raggs would rend yee, & yͤ spirit yͭ stand’s by yͤ naked man,"
- 2 (folklore) a small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings wordnet
- 3 A hoodoo.
"Layers of sandstone serve as capstones of pillars and buttes; other layers of differing hardness yield erosional goblins of myriad form."
- 4 Short for goblin shark abbreviation, alt-of
"Goblins are mainly found (when they are found at all) in deep waters."
Etymology
From Middle English gobelyn, from Old Northern French gobelin (compare Norman goubelin, Walloon gobelin), possibly a blend of Old Dutch *kobeholdo (“goblin”) (compare Dutch kabouter, German Kobold) and Late Latin cobalus (“mountain sprite”), from Ancient Greek κόβαλος (kóbalos, “rogue, knave; goblin”). Displaced native Old English pūca from Proto-Germanic *pūkô (“a goblin, spook”).
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