goblinn.¹

Brit.

/ˈɡɒblɪn/, U.S.

/ˈɡɑblən/

Forms: Middle English gobelin, Middle English gobelyn, Middle English gobolyn, Middle English gobylyn, Middle English–1500s goblyn, 1500s– goblin, 1600s gobbling, 1600s gobling, 1600s–1700s gobblin.

Origin: Apparently a borrowing from French. Etymon: French gobelin.

Etymology: Apparently < Old French gobelin (late 12th cent. in an isolated attestation; subsequently in Middle French (a1506 as gobellin ); French gobelin ), apparently ultimately < ancient Greek κόβαλος rogue, knave, κόβαλοι (plural) mischievous sprites invoked by rogues, probably via an unattested post-classical Latin form; the suffix is probably either Old French -in or its etymon classical Latin -īnus -ine suffix¹. Compare later (apparently < Greek) post-classical Latin cobalus, covalus, kind of demon (16th cent.). Compare (apparently < French) post-classical Latin gobelinus (first half of the 12th cent. in a British source).

1. A small, ugly, gnome-like creature of folklore, fairy tales, and fantasy fiction; in early use considered as malevolent or demonic, in later use often as merely mischievous. Sometimes more generally: any imaginary being invoked to frighten children. Cf. hobgoblin n.Goblins are often associated with the stealing of children and the stealing and hoarding of gold. They are frequently believed to live in caves, and are now often depicted as green-skinned.game goblin, sea-goblin, water goblin: see the first element.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > fairy or elf > [noun] > imp, goblin, or hobgoblin

thursec725

puckOE

puckleOE

goblina1350

hurlewaynes kin1399

Hoba1500

bogle?1507

chimera?1521

hobgoblin1530

chyppynutie?1553

bearbug1560

boggard1570

bugbear?c1570

empusa1572

puckerelc1580

puck bug1582

imp1584

urchin1584

fear-babea1586

hob-thrush1590

hodge-poker1598

lar1598

poker1598

bogle-bo1603

mormo1605

foliot1621

mormolukee1624

buggle-boo1625

pug1631

black man1656

feind1659

Tom Poker1673

duende1691

boodie?a1700

worricow1711

bolly1724

Tom Po1744

fleying1811

pooka1824

booger1827

alp1828

boll1847

bogy1857

beastie1867

boogie1880

shag boy1882

a1350 in R. H. Robbins Hist. Poems 14th & 15th Cent. (1959) 28 Sathanas..seyde on is sawe: ‘gobelyn made is gerner of gromene mawe.’

a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Psalms xc. 6 Of an arowe fliynge in the dai, of a gobelyn [L. peste] goynge in derknessis.

c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) l. 5491 Gamarody þe goblyn a-nothire gryn [read grym] sire.

c1500 Melusine (1895) 4 Many manyeres of thinges, the whiche somme called Gobelyns, the other ffayrees, and the other ‘bonnes dames’ or good ladyes.

1574 J. Studley tr. J. Bale Pageant of Popes 73 b They sturred vp walking spirits, bugs, goblins, fierye sightes, & diuers terrible goasts & shapes of thinges.

1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne ix. xv. 162 The shriking gobblings each where howling flew, The Furies roare, the ghosts and Fairies yell.

1713 T. Tickell in Guardian 15 Apr. 2/1 Our own rustical Superstition of Hob-thrushes, Fairies, goblins and Witches.

1747 W. Collins Odes 9 And Gobblins haunt from Fire, or Fen, Or Mine or Flood, the Walks of Men.

1802 Trans. Royal Irish Acad. 8 Science 77 The German Drama, with its train of ghosts, goblins, fiends, and enchanters, is the reigning sultana of the hour.

1841 M. Elphinstone Hist. India I. ii. iv. 179 Bhutas are evil spirits of the lowest order, corresponding to our ghosts and other goblins of the nursery.

1937 J. Skene Ital. Journey 171 The neighbouring peasantry have still a confused mysterious notion of this rocky headland as the seat of some supernatural agents or goblins.

1988 Soc. Hist. Med. 1 351 An unbaptized child..would run a strong risk of being snatched away by goblins.

2006 R. Purdey Stuttering Bard of York 59 The hammer struck the goblin across its fat nose with a loud crunch.

2. figurative. A source or cause of evil or harm; a malign or destructive influence.

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1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. iii. iv. 504 He hath false visions of a multitude of other men with whome hee dooth negotiate; or some inward Goblin [Fr. demon] that torments him.

1622 G. Markham & W. Sampson Herod & Antipater iii. sig. G Such paper-plots are inuisible Goblins; Pinching them most, which doe least iniury.

1703 S. Parker tr. Eusebius Eccl. Hist. vi. 111 But this Goblin [sc. a heresy] disappear'd in an instant.

1778 Plan Internal Def. 2 To disarm this Goblin [sc. France] of its terrours, and by laying down an efficient Plan of Internal Defence at a small expence.

1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits x. 163 When, to this labor and trade..was added this goblin of steam.

1921 Jersey Bull. 27 July 1857/2 Some day if that woman isn't careful the goblins will get little Willie—the goblins of ignorance and neglect.

1997 Washington Post (Nexis) 25 Oct. He throws up onto the screen giant emotions, mirroring and magnifying the hidden goblins of our society.

Compounds

C1.

a. General attributive and appositive.

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1596 A. Copley Fig for Fortune 36 The Goblin-Bugs, and Faery Hiedegies Are both the shades of hell.

1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια sig. k4 There is a kind of men..which (like as children doe their Goblin tales) more believe, and are more affraid of those things that are not, then those that are.

1722 H. Carey Hanging & Marriage i. iii. 20 My Goblin Ghost by Night shall be bloody uncivil, And carry you a pick a pack to the Devil.

1778 Monthly Rev. Oct. 312 The goblin invasion, and the expence of war, are the two great arguments of the partizans of peace and of France.

1816 Edinb. Rev. Sept. 86 The well-known goblin armies of the Souterfells, which alarmed the Cumbrian peasantry.

1872 G. MacDonald Princess & Goblin xxix. 284 They all hurried to the gang by which he had found a way into the goblin country.

1906 Everybody's Mag. June 773/2 He had lost his precious life,..and he had to show for it only goblin gold.

1953 K. M. Briggs Personnel of Fairyland Gloss. 200 The Duergar (Northumberland), a goblin race of fairies known on the Border, the worst and most malicious of the fairies.

1994 White Dwarf Mar. 36 (advt.) Warlord Queek Head-taker leads a seething army of Skaven to gather more Goblin slaves for their hellish mines.

2007 C. Stross Halting State (2008) 128 Rushing around bashing goblin brains with your clan buddies.

goblin cave n. [In quot. 1810 after Coire na Uruisgean, the name of a rock formation on Loch Katrine, Stirlingshire ( < Scottish Gaelic coire na úraisgean < coire corrie n. + na definite article + úraisgean, genitive singular of úraisg kind of spirit found in lonely places, kind of water spirit).]

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1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake iii. 111 Coir-Uriskin, thy goblin cave!

1920 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 22 Feb. 6/4 The hunter was the last one to venture into the Goblin Cave.

2012 Farmington Daily Times (New Mexico) 12 Dec. 18/4 Much of the film is silly fun, particularly a battle along a maze of footbridges suspended throughout a goblin cave.

goblin man n.

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1851 C. W. Webber Hunter-naturalist ii. 43 Sitting up straight as a little goblin man, you can soon hear his [sc. a chip-munck] sharp teeth creak!

1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits v. 81 Trolls,—a kind of goblin men.

1939 Folk-lore 50 228 Next day the goblin man went and caught opossum.

2008 C. Sams Craftsman v. 48 Fairy and Goblin men and a Satyr or two had gazed at her with heat in their eyes.

goblin story n.

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1730 J. Thomson Winter in Seasons 217 Heard solemn, goes the goblin-story round; Till superstitious horror creeps o'er all.

1825 Mirror Lit., Amusem., & Instr. 4 Jan. 357 There is not an old man who has not a goblin story to tell.

1926 Biloxi (Mississippi) Daily Herald 1 May 9/3 A child who can understand a goblin story can also understand proper instructions as to the value of good conduct.

2007 Arts & Bks. Rev. (Nexis) 14 Dec. 22 Dickens is not represented by Scrooge but the goblin story from The Pickwick Papers.

C2. Instrumental.

goblin-haunted adj.

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1812 W. Tennant Anster Fair vi. 149 From the pocket of his coat,..The goblin-haunted pepper-box he brought.

1905 Brush & Pencil 16 187 The..grandeur of the Rhine and its goblin-haunted castles.

2010 T. C. Bissell Extra Lives (2011) iii. 34 Tell me the secret sword is just over the mountain and I will light off into goblin-haunted territory to claim it.

† goblin-peopled adj. Obsolete

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1855 E. Waugh Sketches Lancs. Life 234 Covering up their eyes more carefully than usual from the goblin-peopled gloom.

1912 Crerand's Cloak Jrnl. July 102/2 The tons upon tons of iron will be encased perhaps in the..goblin peopled traceries of Notre Dame.

C3.

a. attributive with the sense ‘reminiscent or characteristic of a goblin; resembling that of a goblin or goblins’.In 17th cent. also as a general term of disapprobation.

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1640 T. Carew Poems 104 Tell me why This Goblin Honour which the world adores, Should make men Atheists.

1648 J. Mayne Amorous Warre iii. vi. 43 Have you..an itch to disgrace the Gibbet with Your Goblin Carkasses before your times?

1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης iv. 36 Setting aside the affrightment of this Goblin word [sc. Demagogues]; for the King by his leave cannot coine English as he could Mony.

1673 tr. Erasmus Pope shut out of Heaven Gate 12 Not from beauty, for all men abhorred my Goblin-face.

1827 R. Pollok Course of Time I. iv. 178 Observe his goblin cheek; his wretched eye.

1854 Hogg's Instructor 3 163/1 Perry laughed a sort of goblin laugh.

1908 Cent. Mag. Mar. 681/2 The walls of another house bowed out like a melted box, and among these goblin antics people ran to and fro.

1952 ‘C. Jay’ Beat not Bones x. 126 The small, naked, pot-bellied children.., their bodies shining and their huge, black goblin eyes ringed in china white.

2015 I. Zack Say No to Devil xii. 174 John Hurt, with his goblin face, gentle demeanor, and engaging fingerpicking style, emerged as a huge star.

goblin appearance n.

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1826 in W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1827) II. 551 The goblin appearance of the ‘Barguest’.

1927 Lancaster Daily Eagle 23 June 4/2 The moon crept up and its..beams sent little slivers of liquid silver..giving the trees..an elusive goblin appearance.

2010 D. S. MacLeod Middle Times 350 Perhaps, hidden somewhere under that goblin appearance lurks the soul of a noble elf.

goblin shark n. a large, rare deep-sea shark, Mitsukurina owstoni, having soft pink or tan skin, an elongated, flattened snout, and protrusible jaws.Placed in its own family, Mitsukurinidae. [After Japanese tenguzame ( < tengu long-nosed supernatural animal ( < Middle Chinese) + -zame, combining form of same shark).]

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1903 Smithsonian Misc. Coll. 45 234 Mitsukurina owstoni Jordan. Tenguzame (Goblin-Shark). A huge example, 353 centimeters long.

1976 Audubon Sept. 10/3 There are sharks..with strange projections like the forehead paddle of the goblin shark.., or the ‘chain saw’ of the sawsharks.

2015 Radio Times 11 July (South/West ed.) 93/2 The goblin shark with its metal detector-like snout and extendable jaws is truly a creature of nightmares.

Derivatives

ˈgoblinish adj. characteristic of or resembling a goblin; suggestive of a goblin or goblins.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > fairy or elf > [adjective] > of or relating to imp or goblin > resembling

goblinish1837

goblinesque1873

goblined1893

1837 Bentley's Misc. May 470 The weather was hot, stormy, and goblinish; it led us to tell ghost-stories.

1840 New Yorker 10 Sept. 342/1 Ghosts that show themselves in..frightful shapes or that indulge in goblinish gibberings..should..be treated with contempt.

1924 Altoona (Pa.) Mirror 24 Oct. 22/5 They were a kind of elfish fairy or fairy elf, not at all goblinish, or objectionable.

2012 School Lib. Jrnls. (Nexis) 1 Nov. 111 Since hearing about his goblinish ways her entire adolescence..Lena sets off to Scree.

ˈgoblinize v. transitive to transform (someone) into a goblin or (a body part, etc.) into that of a goblin; to give (someone or something) the appearance of a goblin.

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the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > fairy or elf > [verb (transitive)] > make into a goblin

goblinize1830

1830 W. Scott Doom of Devorgoil iii. i. 128 My nether parts Are goblinized.

1868 N. Amer. Rev. Jan. 207 Once goblinized, Herodias joins them.

1992 St. Louis (Missouri) Post-Dispatch (Nexis) 26 Oct. 4 When I was a kid we used burnt cork or greasy, itchy paint to goblinize our faces.

ˈgoblinry n. the actions or practices of goblins; goblin magic or mischief.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > fairy or elf > [noun] > imp, goblin, or hobgoblin > practices of

goblinry1830

hobgoblinry1843

bogyism1876

1830 W. Scott Doom of Devorgoil iii. i. 129 Is there nothing, then, save rank imposture, In all these tales of goblinry.

1936 Times Lit. Suppl. 26 Dec. 1/2 That unique repertory of laughs, shudders, goblinry, and freshly minted loci classici—the ‘Ingoldsby Legends’.

1998 D. E. Garland NIV Applic. Comm.: Colossians & Philemon 196 These modern charms..are no different from the ancient amulets that wearers hoped would bring good luck and ward off evil goblinry.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	goblin
释义	goblinn.¹ Brit. /ˈɡɒblɪn/, U.S. /ˈɡɑblən/ Forms: Middle English gobelin, Middle English gobelyn, Middle English gobolyn, Middle English gobylyn, Middle English–1500s goblyn, 1500s– goblin, 1600s gobbling, 1600s gobling, 1600s–1700s gobblin. Origin: Apparently a borrowing from French. Etymon: French gobelin. Etymology: Apparently < Old French gobelin (late 12th cent. in an isolated attestation; subsequently in Middle French (a1506 as gobellin ); French gobelin ), apparently ultimately < ancient Greek κόβαλος rogue, knave, κόβαλοι (plural) mischievous sprites invoked by rogues, probably via an unattested post-classical Latin form; the suffix is probably either Old French -in or its etymon classical Latin -īnus -ine suffix¹. Compare later (apparently < Greek) post-classical Latin cobalus, covalus, kind of demon (16th cent.). Compare (apparently < French) post-classical Latin gobelinus (first half of the 12th cent. in a British source). 1. A small, ugly, gnome-like creature of folklore, fairy tales, and fantasy fiction; in early use considered as malevolent or demonic, in later use often as merely mischievous. Sometimes more generally: any imaginary being invoked to frighten children. Cf. hobgoblin n.Goblins are often associated with the stealing of children and the stealing and hoarding of gold. They are frequently believed to live in caves, and are now often depicted as green-skinned.game goblin, sea-goblin, water goblin: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > fairy or elf > [noun] > imp, goblin, or hobgoblin thursec725 puckOE puckleOE goblina1350 hurlewaynes kin1399 Hoba1500 bogle?1507 chimera?1521 hobgoblin1530 chyppynutie?1553 bearbug1560 boggard1570 bugbear?c1570 empusa1572 puckerelc1580 puck bug1582 imp1584 urchin1584 fear-babea1586 hob-thrush1590 hodge-poker1598 lar1598 poker1598 bogle-bo1603 mormo1605 foliot1621 mormolukee1624 buggle-boo1625 pug1631 black man1656 feind1659 Tom Poker1673 duende1691 boodie?a1700 worricow1711 bolly1724 Tom Po1744 fleying1811 pooka1824 booger1827 alp1828 boll1847 bogy1857 beastie1867 boogie1880 shag boy1882 a1350 in R. H. Robbins Hist. Poems 14th & 15th Cent. (1959) 28 Sathanas..seyde on is sawe: ‘gobelyn made is gerner of gromene mawe.’ a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Psalms xc. 6 Of an arowe fliynge in the dai, of a gobelyn [L. peste] goynge in derknessis. c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) l. 5491 Gamarody þe goblyn a-nothire gryn [read grym] sire. c1500 Melusine (1895) 4 Many manyeres of thinges, the whiche somme called Gobelyns, the other ffayrees, and the other ‘bonnes dames’ or good ladyes. 1574 J. Studley tr. J. Bale Pageant of Popes 73 b They sturred vp walking spirits, bugs, goblins, fierye sightes, & diuers terrible goasts & shapes of thinges. 1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne ix. xv. 162 The shriking gobblings each where howling flew, The Furies roare, the ghosts and Fairies yell. 1713 T. Tickell in Guardian 15 Apr. 2/1 Our own rustical Superstition of Hob-thrushes, Fairies, goblins and Witches. 1747 W. Collins Odes 9 And Gobblins haunt from Fire, or Fen, Or Mine or Flood, the Walks of Men. 1802 Trans. Royal Irish Acad. 8 Science 77 The German Drama, with its train of ghosts, goblins, fiends, and enchanters, is the reigning sultana of the hour. 1841 M. Elphinstone Hist. India I. ii. iv. 179 Bhutas are evil spirits of the lowest order, corresponding to our ghosts and other goblins of the nursery. 1937 J. Skene Ital. Journey 171 The neighbouring peasantry have still a confused mysterious notion of this rocky headland as the seat of some supernatural agents or goblins. 1988 Soc. Hist. Med. 1 351 An unbaptized child..would run a strong risk of being snatched away by goblins. 2006 R. Purdey Stuttering Bard of York 59 The hammer struck the goblin across its fat nose with a loud crunch. 2. figurative. A source or cause of evil or harm; a malign or destructive influence. ΚΠ 1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. iii. iv. 504 He hath false visions of a multitude of other men with whome hee dooth negotiate; or some inward Goblin [Fr. demon] that torments him. 1622 G. Markham & W. Sampson Herod & Antipater iii. sig. G Such paper-plots are inuisible Goblins; Pinching them most, which doe least iniury. 1703 S. Parker tr. Eusebius Eccl. Hist. vi. 111 But this Goblin [sc. a heresy] disappear'd in an instant. 1778 Plan Internal Def. 2 To disarm this Goblin [sc. France] of its terrours, and by laying down an efficient Plan of Internal Defence at a small expence. 1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits x. 163 When, to this labor and trade..was added this goblin of steam. 1921 Jersey Bull. 27 July 1857/2 Some day if that woman isn't careful the goblins will get little Willie—the goblins of ignorance and neglect. 1997 Washington Post (Nexis) 25 Oct. He throws up onto the screen giant emotions, mirroring and magnifying the hidden goblins of our society. Compounds C1. a. General attributive and appositive. ΚΠ 1596 A. Copley Fig for Fortune 36 The Goblin-Bugs, and Faery Hiedegies Are both the shades of hell. 1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια sig. k4 There is a kind of men..which (like as children doe their Goblin tales) more believe, and are more affraid of those things that are not, then those that are. 1722 H. Carey Hanging & Marriage i. iii. 20 My Goblin Ghost by Night shall be bloody uncivil, And carry you a pick a pack to the Devil. 1778 Monthly Rev. Oct. 312 The goblin invasion, and the expence of war, are the two great arguments of the partizans of peace and of France. 1816 Edinb. Rev. Sept. 86 The well-known goblin armies of the Souterfells, which alarmed the Cumbrian peasantry. 1872 G. MacDonald Princess & Goblin xxix. 284 They all hurried to the gang by which he had found a way into the goblin country. 1906 Everybody's Mag. June 773/2 He had lost his precious life,..and he had to show for it only goblin gold. 1953 K. M. Briggs Personnel of Fairyland Gloss. 200 The Duergar (Northumberland), a goblin race of fairies known on the Border, the worst and most malicious of the fairies. 1994 White Dwarf Mar. 36 (advt.) Warlord Queek Head-taker leads a seething army of Skaven to gather more Goblin slaves for their hellish mines. 2007 C. Stross Halting State (2008) 128 Rushing around bashing goblin brains with your clan buddies. b. goblin cave n. [In quot. 1810 after Coire na Uruisgean, the name of a rock formation on Loch Katrine, Stirlingshire ( < Scottish Gaelic coire na úraisgean < coire corrie n. + na definite article + úraisgean, genitive singular of úraisg kind of spirit found in lonely places, kind of water spirit).] ΚΠ 1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake iii. 111 Coir-Uriskin, thy goblin cave! 1920 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 22 Feb. 6/4 The hunter was the last one to venture into the Goblin Cave. 2012 Farmington Daily Times (New Mexico) 12 Dec. 18/4 Much of the film is silly fun, particularly a battle along a maze of footbridges suspended throughout a goblin cave. goblin man n. ΚΠ 1851 C. W. Webber Hunter-naturalist ii. 43 Sitting up straight as a little goblin man, you can soon hear his [sc. a chip-munck] sharp teeth creak! 1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits v. 81 Trolls,—a kind of goblin men. 1939 Folk-lore 50 228 Next day the goblin man went and caught opossum. 2008 C. Sams Craftsman v. 48 Fairy and Goblin men and a Satyr or two had gazed at her with heat in their eyes. goblin story n. ΚΠ 1730 J. Thomson Winter in Seasons 217 Heard solemn, goes the goblin-story round; Till superstitious horror creeps o'er all. 1825 Mirror Lit., Amusem., & Instr. 4 Jan. 357 There is not an old man who has not a goblin story to tell. 1926 Biloxi (Mississippi) Daily Herald 1 May 9/3 A child who can understand a goblin story can also understand proper instructions as to the value of good conduct. 2007 Arts & Bks. Rev. (Nexis) 14 Dec. 22 Dickens is not represented by Scrooge but the goblin story from The Pickwick Papers. C2. Instrumental. goblin-haunted adj. ΚΠ 1812 W. Tennant Anster Fair vi. 149 From the pocket of his coat,..The goblin-haunted pepper-box he brought. 1905 Brush & Pencil 16 187 The..grandeur of the Rhine and its goblin-haunted castles. 2010 T. C. Bissell Extra Lives (2011) iii. 34 Tell me the secret sword is just over the mountain and I will light off into goblin-haunted territory to claim it. † goblin-peopled adj. Obsolete ΚΠ 1855 E. Waugh Sketches Lancs. Life 234 Covering up their eyes more carefully than usual from the goblin-peopled gloom. 1912 Crerand's Cloak Jrnl. July 102/2 The tons upon tons of iron will be encased perhaps in the..goblin peopled traceries of Notre Dame. C3. a. attributive with the sense ‘reminiscent or characteristic of a goblin; resembling that of a goblin or goblins’.In 17th cent. also as a general term of disapprobation. ΚΠ 1640 T. Carew Poems 104 Tell me why This Goblin Honour which the world adores, Should make men Atheists. 1648 J. Mayne Amorous Warre iii. vi. 43 Have you..an itch to disgrace the Gibbet with Your Goblin Carkasses before your times? 1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης iv. 36 Setting aside the affrightment of this Goblin word [sc. Demagogues]; for the King by his leave cannot coine English as he could Mony. 1673 tr. Erasmus Pope shut out of Heaven Gate 12 Not from beauty, for all men abhorred my Goblin-face. 1827 R. Pollok Course of Time I. iv. 178 Observe his goblin cheek; his wretched eye. 1854 Hogg's Instructor 3 163/1 Perry laughed a sort of goblin laugh. 1908 Cent. Mag. Mar. 681/2 The walls of another house bowed out like a melted box, and among these goblin antics people ran to and fro. 1952 ‘C. Jay’ Beat not Bones x. 126 The small, naked, pot-bellied children.., their bodies shining and their huge, black goblin eyes ringed in china white. 2015 I. Zack Say No to Devil xii. 174 John Hurt, with his goblin face, gentle demeanor, and engaging fingerpicking style, emerged as a huge star. b. goblin appearance n. ΚΠ 1826 in W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1827) II. 551 The goblin appearance of the ‘Barguest’. 1927 Lancaster Daily Eagle 23 June 4/2 The moon crept up and its..beams sent little slivers of liquid silver..giving the trees..an elusive goblin appearance. 2010 D. S. MacLeod Middle Times 350 Perhaps, hidden somewhere under that goblin appearance lurks the soul of a noble elf. goblin shark n. a large, rare deep-sea shark, Mitsukurina owstoni, having soft pink or tan skin, an elongated, flattened snout, and protrusible jaws.Placed in its own family, Mitsukurinidae. [After Japanese tenguzame ( < tengu long-nosed supernatural animal ( < Middle Chinese) + -zame, combining form of same shark).] ΚΠ 1903 Smithsonian Misc. Coll. 45 234 Mitsukurina owstoni Jordan. Tenguzame (Goblin-Shark). A huge example, 353 centimeters long. 1976 Audubon Sept. 10/3 There are sharks..with strange projections like the forehead paddle of the goblin shark.., or the ‘chain saw’ of the sawsharks. 2015 Radio Times 11 July (South/West ed.) 93/2 The goblin shark with its metal detector-like snout and extendable jaws is truly a creature of nightmares. Derivatives ˈgoblinish adj. characteristic of or resembling a goblin; suggestive of a goblin or goblins. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > fairy or elf > [adjective] > of or relating to imp or goblin > resembling goblinish1837 goblinesque1873 goblined1893 1837 Bentley's Misc. May 470 The weather was hot, stormy, and goblinish; it led us to tell ghost-stories. 1840 New Yorker 10 Sept. 342/1 Ghosts that show themselves in..frightful shapes or that indulge in goblinish gibberings..should..be treated with contempt. 1924 Altoona (Pa.) Mirror 24 Oct. 22/5 They were a kind of elfish fairy or fairy elf, not at all goblinish, or objectionable. 2012 School Lib. Jrnls. (Nexis) 1 Nov. 111 Since hearing about his goblinish ways her entire adolescence..Lena sets off to Scree. ˈgoblinize v. transitive to transform (someone) into a goblin or (a body part, etc.) into that of a goblin; to give (someone or something) the appearance of a goblin. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > fairy or elf > [verb (transitive)] > make into a goblin goblinize1830 1830 W. Scott Doom of Devorgoil iii. i. 128 My nether parts Are goblinized. 1868 N. Amer. Rev. Jan. 207 Once goblinized, Herodias joins them. 1992 St. Louis (Missouri) Post-Dispatch (Nexis) 26 Oct. 4 When I was a kid we used burnt cork or greasy, itchy paint to goblinize our faces. ˈgoblinry n. the actions or practices of goblins; goblin magic or mischief. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > fairy or elf > [noun] > imp, goblin, or hobgoblin > practices of goblinry1830 hobgoblinry1843 bogyism1876 1830 W. Scott Doom of Devorgoil iii. i. 129 Is there nothing, then, save rank imposture, In all these tales of goblinry. 1936 Times Lit. Suppl. 26 Dec. 1/2 That unique repertory of laughs, shudders, goblinry, and freshly minted loci classici—the ‘Ingoldsby Legends’. 1998 D. E. Garland NIV Applic. Comm.: Colossians & Philemon 196 These modern charms..are no different from the ancient amulets that wearers hoped would bring good luck and ward off evil goblinry. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). goblinn.² Brit. /ˈɡɒblɪn/, U.S. /ˈɡɑblən/ Origin: Apparently formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymons: Jimmy O'Goblin n. at Jimmy n.² 5, Jemmy O'Goblin n. Etymology: Apparently shortened < either Jimmy O'Goblin n. at Jimmy n.² 5 or Jemmy O'Goblin n. (although both are first attested slightly later). British slang. Now historical and rare. A sovereign (sovereign n. 4a). Cf. Jimmy O'Goblin n. at Jimmy n.² 5, o'goblin n. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > coin of twenty shillings goldfinch1602 Harry sovereign1615 piece1631 jingle-boya1640 yellow boy1654 quid1661 marigold1663 broad-piece1678 pound piecea1715 gold penny1736 sovereign1817 dragon1827 sov1829 chip?1836 couter1846 thick 'un1848 monarch1851 James1858 skiv1858 Victoria1870 goblin1887 red one1890 Jimmy1899 quidlet1902 Jimmy O'Goblin1931 pound coin1931 1887 W. E. Henley in G. White Ballades & Rondeaus 288 Your merry goblins soon stravag: Booze and the blowens cop the lot. 1898 Sporting Times 22 Jan. 1/3 The dear old rural dean..responded with..a cheque for a score!.. ‘Twenty golden goblins; bless his innocent old heart.’ 1913 Truth (Sydney) 16 Nov. 8/7 Eleven hundred and twenty golden goblins will be given away at the Kensington meeting on Wednesday. 2007 C. H. G. Nida Chota Sahib (2008) xi. 81 ‘I've saved up three thousand goblins,’ he continued, ‘and soon I'll be back in good old London Town for keeps’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹a1350n.²1887
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