goblin
see also: GOBLin
Pronunciation Noun
GOBLin
Pronunciation
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see also: GOBLin
Pronunciation Noun
goblin (plural goblins)
- One of various hostile supernatural creatures, now especially (fantasy literature) a malevolent and grotesque diminutive humanoid.
- c. 1620, anonymous, “Tom o' Bedlam” in Giles Earle his Booke (British Museum, Additional MSS. 24, 665):
- From yͤ hagg & hungry Goblin,
yͭ into raggs would rend yee,
& yͤ spirit yͭ stand’s by yͤ naked man,
in yͤ booke of moones defend yee
- From yͤ hagg & hungry Goblin,
- 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.
- c. 1620, anonymous, “Tom o' Bedlam” in Giles Earle his Booke (British Museum, Additional MSS. 24, 665):
- 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
- French: gobelin, lutin, farfadet
- German: Kobold
- Italian: folletto, goblin
- Portuguese: duende, goblin
- Russian: го́блин
- Spanish: duende, trasgo
GOBLin
Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: /ˈɡɒb.lɪn/
- (British, rail transport, informal) Acronym of Gospel Oak to Barking Line, a railway line in north London.
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