boggart
boggart · boggarts
A shapeshifting monster that feeds on fearA shapeshifting monster that feeds on fear.
Meaning
1 sensesA shapeshifting monster that feeds on fear.
Origin
Variant of boggard, recorded since 18th century. As a monster that feeds on fear, coined bVariant of boggard, recorded since 18th century. As a monster that feeds on fear, coined by British novelist J. K. Rowling in 1999 in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.
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