bogle

Meaning

Noun

A goblin; a frightful spectre or phantom; a bogy or bugbear.
A scarecrow.

Origin

Unknown; possibly cognate with bug or from Welsh bwgwly 'to terrify'.
Charles P. G. Scott, 'Bogus and His Crew', Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association, Vol. 42 (1911), pp. 157-174.

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