mormo

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A bugbear or invented monster. obsolete
    — Thus the Atheists, who derive the origin of religion from fear, first put an affrighful vizard upon the Deity, and then conclude it to be but a mormo or bugbear, the creature of fear and fancy.

词形变化

mormos plural

词源

From Ancient Greek Μορμώ (Mormṓ, “a hideous she-monster, a bugbear”).
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