boggard
A bogey: a ghost, goblin, or other hostile supernatural creature, especially a small…A bogey: a ghost, goblin, or other hostile supernatural creature, especially a small local spirit haunting gloomy places or the scenes of violence.
Meaning
4 senses(UK, dialectal)A bogey: a ghost, goblin, or other hostile supernatural creature, especially a small local spirit haunting gloomy places or the scenes of violence.
(figuratively)A bugbear: any terrifying thing.
(obsolete)Any real or imagined thing which prompts a horse to boggle (take fright).
(obsolete)An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
Origin
Uncertain; occurring since 16th century in northern and north midlands British dialects; eUncertain; occurring since 16th century in northern and north midlands British dialects; etymologically related to boggle, bogle, and obsolete bog (“a bugbear”); the first element perhaps ultimately a variant of bug (“goblin; terrifying thing; etc.”), and thus equivalent to bog + -ard (“augmentative suffix”).
From bog (“latrine; outhouse”) + -ard.
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