bogle

See also: Bogle

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Uncertain; possibly cognate with bug or from Welsh bwgwly 'to terrify'.[1]

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbɒɡ.l̩/

Noun

bogle (plural bogles)

  1. A goblin; a frightful spectre or phantom; a bogy or bugbear.
  2. (dialectal, dated) A scarecrow.

Derived terms

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for bogle in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

References
  1. Charles P. G. Scott, 'Bogus and His Crew', Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association, Vol. 42 (1911), pp. 157-174.

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