English-Thai Dictionary

goblin

N ปีศาจ  ผี  ภูต  nymph sprite pe-sad

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

GOBLIN

n. 1. An evil spirit; a walking spirit; a frightful phantom.
To whom the goblin, full of wrath, replied.
2. A fairy; an elf.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

GOBLIN

Gob "lin, n. Etym: [OE. gobelin, F. gobelin, LL. gobelinus, fr. Gr. kobold, E. kobold, cobalt, Armor. gobilin an ignis fatuus, goblin. ]

 

Defn: An evil or mischievous spirit; a playful or malicious elf; a frightful phantom; a gnome. To whom the goblin, full of wrath, replied. Milton.

 

GOBLINE

GOBLINE Gob "line `, n. (Naut. )

 

Defn: One of the ropes or chains serving as stays for the dolphin striker or the bowsprit; -- called also gobrope and gaubline.

 

GOBLINIZE

GOBLINIZE Gob "lin *ize, v. t.

 

Defn: To transform into a goblin. [R.] Lowell.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

goblin

gob lin |ˈgäblin ˈɡɑblən | ▶noun a mischievous, ugly, dwarflike creature of folklore. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French gobelin, possibly related to German Kobold (see kobold ) or to Greek kobalos ‘mischievous goblin. ’ In medieval Latin Gobelinus occurs as the name of a mischievous spirit, said to haunt Évreux in northern France in the 12th cent.

 

Oxford Dictionary

goblin

gob ¦lin |ˈgɒblɪn | ▶noun a mischievous, ugly, dwarf-like creature of folklore. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French gobelin, possibly related to German Kobold (see kobold ) or to Greek kobalos ‘mischievous goblin ’. In medieval Latin Gobelinus occurs as the name of a mischievous spirit, said to haunt Évreux in northern France in the 12th cent.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

goblin

goblin noun the goblins of Yekov would make their surreptitious jaunts into town every third moon: hobgoblin, gnome, dwarf, troll, imp, elf, brownie, fairy, pixie, leprechaun.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

goblin

goblin noun hobgoblin, gnome, dwarf, troll, imp, elf, sprite, brownie, fairy, pixie; Scottish kelpie; Irish leprechaun, pooka; archaic bugbear, hob.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

goblin

gob lin /ɡɑ́blɪn |ɡɔ́b -/〖もとはギリシャ語で 「悪党 」〗名詞 C (人間にいたずらをする )小妖精 （ようせい ）, 小鬼 .