Goblin

//ˈɡɒb.lɪn// name, noun, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Acronym of Gospel Oak to Barking Line, a railway line in north London. British, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, informal
Noun
  1. 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. 2
    (folklore) a small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings wordnet
  3. 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. 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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