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boggard

noun

Etymology

Uncertain, but likely from Lancashire, Yorkshire etc dialectal variants of bug (“goblin; terrifying thing; etc.”), equivalent to bog + -ard.

  1. derived from *harduz✻ — “hard”
  2. derived from *-hard✻ — “hardy, bold”
  3. derived from -ard
  4. inherited from -ard
  5. compounded as boggard — “bog + -ard”

Definitions

  1. A bogey

    A bogey: a ghost, goblin, or other hostile supernatural creature, especially a small local spirit haunting gloomy places or the scenes of violence.

    • A Boggarde, spectrum.
    • He thinks every bush a boggard, i.e. a bugbear or phantasm.
    • Boggle, Boggart, a fearful object, a hobgoblin.

  2. A bugbear

    A bugbear: any terrifying thing.

    • Nor be such buggarddes to the poor, yff they may not beare the bagge alone.
    • Hell is but a boggarde to scarre children.

  3. Any real or imagined thing which prompts a horse to boggle (take fright).

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. An outhouse

      An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.

      • Siege, jacques, bogard, or draught, latrina.
      • He [Satan] thought it wisdome to keep the land [of Ireland] for a Boggards for his unclean spirits.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA