different between goblin vs boggard

English

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 ??????? (kóbalos, “rogue, knave; goblin”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /???b.l?n/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /???b.l?n/
• Homophone: GOBLin

Noun

goblin (plural goblins)

1. One of various hostile supernatural creatures, now especially (fantasy literature) a malevolent and grotesque diminutive humanoid, often associated with orcs or trolls.
   • c. 1620, anonymous, “Tom o’ Bedlam’s Song” in Giles Earle his Booke (British Museum, Additional MSS. 24, 665):

     From y? hagg & hungry Goblin,
     y? into raggs would rend yee,
     & y? spirit y? stand’s by y? naked man,
     in y? booke of moones defend yee

   • 1872, George MacDonald, The Princess and the Goblin, page 50,

     " […] If he had struck a stroke more to the side just here," said the goblin, tapping the very stone, as it seemed to Curdie, against which his head lay, "he would have been through; but he's a couple of yards past it now, and if he follow the lode it will be a week before it leads him in. […] "

   • 2006, Charlotte Bishop, Norty: The Chosen Ones, page 187,

     At last the goblins had a chance to rid themselves of one of the troublesome defenders, and two goblin warriors snatched the opportunity.

   • 2010, Thom L. Nichols, War: Return of the Elves, Part 1, page 37,

     The goblin shifted the two younger ones closer to him. It looked like he was hiding behind them, using them as a shield.

     The goblin looked pure evil. His eyes were brown.

   • 2010, D. S. Macleod, The Middle Times: Rise of the Goblin King, page 229,

     I shall send another entourage of goblins back here to Desput with the goblins’ new ally the Pixy! These creatures deserve the same respect as any other goblin.

Synonyms

• hobgoblin; bug, buggard, bugbear, bog, bogey, bogy, bogie, boggard, boggart, baggard, bogle, boggle, bugaboo, bug-a-boo; elf, kobold, sprite, fairy, fay, fey, fae, faerie, puck, hob (sometimes distinguished, especially in fantasy literature)
• See also Thesaurus:goblin

Derived terms

• gobbo
• goblette
• goblin shark
• goblin spider (family Oonopidae)

Translations

Anagrams

• Boglin, Boling, globin, lobing

Polish

Etymology

From English goblin, from Middle English gobelyn, from Old Northern French gobelin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???b.l?in/

Noun

goblin m anim

1. goblin

Declension

Further reading

• goblin in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• goblin in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

goblin m (Cyrillic spelling ??????)

1. goblin

Declension

English

Etymology 1

Of uncertain etymology, but likely from Lancashire, Yorkshire etc dialectal variants of bug (“goblin; terrifying thing; etc.”), equivalent to bog +? -ard.

Alternative forms

• boggart, buggard, baggard (obsolete)

Noun

boggard (plural boggards)

1. (Britain dialectal) A bogey: a ghost, goblin, or other hostile supernatural creature, especially a small local spirit haunting gloomy places or the scenes of violence.
   • 1768 in 1818, John Ray, A Compleat Collection of English Proverbs, page 123:

     He thinks every bush a boggard, i.e. a bugbear or phantasm.
2. (figuratively) A bugbear: any terrifying thing.
   • a. 1599, in 1616, Robert Rollock, Lectures upon the History of the Passion, Resurrection, and Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ, Ch. xiv, page 132:

     Hell is but a boggarde to scarre children.

3. (obsolete) Any real or imagined thing which prompts a horse to boggle (take fright).

Synonyms

• (hostile supernatural creature): See goblin

Derived terms

• frayboggard (“scarecrow”)

Etymology 2

bog (“latrine; outhouse”) +? -ard

Noun

boggard (plural boggards)

1. (obsolete) An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.

Alternative forms

• bogard, boggards

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:bathroom

References