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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A grotesque elfin creature of folklore, thought to work mischief or evil.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. An imaginary being supposed to haunt dark or remote places, and to take an occasional capricious interest in human affairs; an elf; a sprite; an earthly spirit; particularly, a surly elf; a malicious fairy; a spirit of the woods; a demon of the earth; a gnome; a ko-bold.
  2. n. Synonyms Elf, Gnome, etc, See fairy.

Wiktionary

  1. n. fantasy A mythical, humanoid creature, often found in contemporary fantasy.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. An evil or mischievous spirit; a playful or malicious elf; a frightful phantom; a gnome.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. (folklore) a small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings

Etymologies

  1. From Old Northern French gobelin (compare Normand goubelin, Walloon gobelin), possibly a blend of Old Low Franconian *kobeholdo ("goblin") (compare Dutch kabouter, German Kobold) and Late Latin cobalus ("mountain sprite"), from Ancient Greek κόβαλος (kobalos, "rogue, knave; goblin"). (Wiktionary)
  2. Middle English gobelin, from Norman French *gobelin, name of a ghost that supposedly haunted the town of Évreux in the 12th century. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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synonyms (12)

Words with the same meaning

  1. gnome
  2. demon
  1. sprite
  2. spright
  1. bogy
  2. bogle
  1. boggle
  2. bogey
  1. kobold
  2. nix
  1. brownie
  2. trull

hypernyms (1)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. evil spirit

same context (21)

Words that are found in similar contexts

  1. elf
  2. vampire
  3. troll
  4. ogre
  1. demon
  2. dragon
  3. drow
  4. barbarian
  1. pirate
  2. dwarf
  3. fairy
  4. wolf
  1. warrior
  2. gnome
  3. ghost
  4. witch
  1. lizard
  2. bandit
  3. beast
  4. wizard
  1. zombie

rhymes (1)

Words with the same terminal sound

  1. noblin

reverse dictionary (22)

Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. goblinic
  2. fairy
  3. pad-foot
  4. etten
  1. hobgoblin
  2. gnome
  3. goblinize
  4. bogey
  1. bogeyman
  2. bogle
  3. nuggy
  4. knocker
  1. barghest
  2. broam
  3. empuse
  4. foliot
  1. ouphe
  2. sprite
  3. boggard
  4. elf
  1. kobold
  2. pug

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  1. fey

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  • bilby Yes, right on qroqqa. Missed your answer earlier. Aug 24, 2009

  • qroqqa As a shadowtailed riverhorse, I think this is cobalt - or is it nickel? Both in fact. Well, well. Aug 7, 2009

  • john The McDonnell XF-85. More on Wikipedia. Dec 29, 2008

  • qroqqa An interesting figurative attributive use:

    I had only hand-luggage anyway: the train would slow as if for a routine red light, would pause, squeak, exhale, and in that moment I would make a goblin disembarkation, shutting the door with a sly caress.
    — Julian Barnes, 1996, 'Gnossienne', in Cross Channel Jul 10, 2008

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