gargoyle

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Her husband the gargoyle was as incoherent as ever.

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  1. noun A roof spout in the form of a grotesque or fantastic creature projecting from a gutter to carry rainwater clear of the wall.
  2. noun A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
  3. noun A person of bizarre or grotesque appearance.

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  • Behind the gargoyle was a door, presumably leading into the kitchen. —  Myth Conceptions
  • I should have known from the noise that the gargoyle was accompanying Brockhurst. —  Myth Conceptions
  • With a few strokes of my mental paintbrush, I altered Gus's features until the gargoyle was the mirror image of myself. —  Myth Conceptions
  • Her husband the gargoyle was as incoherent as ever. —  Hot Air » Top Picks
  • I had a bad experience some time ago, with which a gargoyle was associated, but actually the creature didn't do anything, and anyway I'm sure you're not like that I hope I'm not," Gary said cautiously. —  Geis of the Gargoyle
 

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  1. Middle English gargoile, from Old French gargole, gargouille, throat, waterspout.

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  1. An archaic spelling, retained in the books; better gargoil, or, in more modern form, gargel, *gargle, from Middle English gargyle, gargyll, gargoyle, gargulye, from Old French gargoille, gargoulle, French gargouille, the weasand, throat, also the mouth of a spout (in the form of a serpent, or some other antic shape, also a gutter on a roof), = Spanish gárgola, a gargoyle; a modified form, equivalent to Middle Latin gurgulio (n-), a gargoyle, from Latin gurgulio(n-), the throat, gullet, a redupl. form, akin to gurges, a whirlpool (later English gorge, the throat), and to gula, the gullet (later English gullet). See gargle, gargle, garget, gorge, gullet.
 

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/ˈgɑrgɔɪl/
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