hobgoblin
Meaning
- A small, ugly goblin that makes trouble for humans.
- (broadly) A source of dread, fear or apprehension; a bugbear.
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Etymology
From hob (“elf”, from Hob, a variant of Rob, short for Robin Goodfellow, an elf in German folklore) + goblin.
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