boggard
1 synonym for boggard, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — A ghost or goblin-like spirit, especially one said to haunt a dark or violent place.
Synonyms
Rare, literary or technical
Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.
Etymology
Uncertain; 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”).
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