boggard

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A bogey: a ghost, goblin, or other hostile supernatural creature, especially a small local spirit haunting gloomy places or the scenes of violence. UK,dialectal
    — A Boggarde, spectrum.
  2. An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory. obsolete
    — Siege, jacques, bogard, or draught, latrina.
  3. A bugbear: any terrifying thing. figuratively
    — Nor be such buggarddes to the poor, yff they may not beare the bagge alone.
  4. Any real or imagined thing which prompts a horse to boggle (take fright). obsolete

词形变化

boggards plural boggart alternative buggard alternative,obsolete baggard alternative,obsolete boggards plural bogard alternative boggards alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
frayboggard

词源

词源 1
Uncertain, but likely from Lancashire, Yorkshire etc dialectal variants of bug (“goblin; terrifying thing; etc.”), equivalent to bog + -ard.
词源 2
From bog (“latrine; outhouse”) + -ard.
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