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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: hobgoblin
hobgoblin
n 1: (folklore) a small grotesque supernatural creature that
makes trouble for human beings [syn:
goblin,
hob]
2: an object of dread or apprehension;
“Germany was always a
bugbear for France”;
“A foolish consistency is the
hobgoblin of little minds”--Ralph Waldo Emerson [syn:
bugbear]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Hobgoblin
Hobgoblin
\Hob"gob`lin\, n. [See 2d Hob, and
Goblin.]
A frightful goblin; an imp; a bugaboo; also, a name formerly
given to the household spirit, Robin Goodfellow. --Macaulay.
[1913 Webster]
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