"Puck" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: From puck (“mischievous spirit”), from Middle English pouke, from Old English pūca (“goblin, demon”), from Proto-Germanic *pūkô (“a goblin, spook”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pāug(')- (“brilliance, spectre”). Cognate with Icelandic púki, dialectal Swedish puke (“devil”), Middle Low German spūk (“apparition, ghost”), German Spuk (“a haunting”). More at spook. Etymology templates: {{m|en|puck||mischievous spirit}} puck (“mischievous spirit”), {{inh|en|enm|pouke|}} Middle English pouke, {{inh|en|ang|pūca||goblin, demon}} Old English pūca (“goblin, demon”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*pūkô||a goblin, spook}} Proto-Germanic *pūkô (“a goblin, spook”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*(s)pāug(')-||brilliance, spectre}} Proto-Indo-European *(s)pāug(')- (“brilliance, spectre”), {{cog|is|púki}} Icelandic púki, {{cog|sv|puke||devil}} Swedish puke (“devil”), {{cog|gml|spūk||apparition, ghost}} Middle Low German spūk (“apparition, ghost”), {{cog|de|Spuk||a haunting}} German Spuk (“a haunting”), {{l|en|spook}} spook Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Puck
  1. (mythology) A mischievous sprite in Celtic mythology and English folklore. Categories (topical): Mythology, Mythological creatures Synonyms: Robin Goodfellow Translations (mythology): Puk [masculine] (Polish), Пак (english: Pak) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-Puck-en-name-VGlHqZJg Disambiguation of Mythological creatures: 86 14 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 73 27 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 80 20 Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences Disambiguation of 'mythology': 78 22
  2. (astronomy) One of the satellites of the planet Uranus. Categories (topical): Astronomy Categories (place): Moons of Uranus Translations (moon of Uranus): パック (Pakku) (Japanese), Puk [masculine] (Polish), Пак (english: Pak) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-Puck-en-name-M5TrhMrN Disambiguation of Moons of Uranus: 32 68 Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'moon of Uranus': 14 86
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: puckish

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