Goblin

Morpheme

Goblin

Type

free base

Denotation

malevolent and grotesque mythological elfin creature

Etymology

Middle English gobelin, gobelyn; Anglo-Norman gobelin; Latin Gobelinus; of unknown origin

Evidence

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