hobgoblin
noun
- an elf; goblin
- a frightening apparition; bogy; bugbear
- Robin Goodfellow; Puck
See hobgoblin in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(hŏbˈgŏbˌlĭn)
noun- An ugly, mischievous elf or goblin.
- An object or a source of fear, dread, or harassment; a bugbear: “A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds” (Ralph Waldo Emerson).
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