单词 | puckle |
释义 | pucklen. A malevolent spirit or demon, a ‘bugbear’ or bogey. Now historical and rare. 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 the world > relative properties > number > plurality > fewness > [noun] > a small number of some fewOE puckleOE a litec1290 couple1365 a…or twoa1400 handfulc1443 a wheen (of)1487 and odd1548 sprinkling1561 pair1611 scattering1628 sprinkle1754 OE Prudentius Glosses (Boulogne 189) in H. D. Meritt Old Eng. Prudentius Glosses (1959) 43 Faunos : wudewasan. Priapos : pucelas. 1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft vii. xv. 153 The hell waine, the fierdrake, the puckle, Tom thombe, hob gobblin,..and such other bugs. 1830 W. Scott Lett. Demonol. & Witchcraft 180 That Phuca is a Celtic superstition from which the word Pook or Puckle was doubtless derived. 1944 in Comments on Etymol. (1986) 1–15 Feb. 14 The words puck, puckle, pixy, of Irish origin..often are applied to anything uncanny or devilish, infernal, wicked. CompoundsΚΠ a1400 Alphita (Selden) (1887) 2 Acus muscata major, anglice pouclesnedele. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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