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"3": "gobelyn"
},
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"3": "gobelin"
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"expansion": "Old Northern French gobelin",
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"expansion": "Norman goubelin",
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"2": "kabouter"
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"2": "Kobold"
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"expansion": "German Kobold",
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"2": "LL.",
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"t": "mountain sprite"
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"3": "κόβαλος",
"t": "rogue, knave; goblin"
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"5": "brilliance, spectre"
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"etymology_text": "From Middle English gobelyn, from Old Northern French gobelin (compare Norman goubelin, Walloon gobelin), possibly a blend of Old Dutch *kobeholdo (“goblin”) (compare Dutch kabouter, German Kobold) and Late Latin cobalus (“mountain sprite”), from Ancient Greek κόβαλος (kóbalos, “rogue, knave; goblin”). Displaced native Old English pūca from Proto-Germanic *pūkô (“a goblin, spook”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pāug(')- (“brilliance, spectre”).",
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"derived": [
{
"word": "crotch goblin"
},
{
"word": "gobbo"
},
{
"word": "goblette"
},
{
"word": "goblincore"
},
{
"word": "goblindom"
},
{
"word": "goblinesque"
},
{
"word": "gobliness"
},
{
"word": "goblinish"
},
{
"word": "goblinize"
},
{
"word": "goblinkind"
},
{
"word": "goblinlike"
},
{
"word": "goblin mode"
},
{
"word": "goblinoid"
},
{
"word": "goblinry"
},
{
"word": "goblin shark"
},
{
"english": "family Oonopidae spp.",
"word": "goblin spider"
},
{
"word": "hobgoblin"
},
{
"word": "SARM goblin"
},
{
"word": "tren goblin"
}
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{
"ref": "c. 1620, anonymous, “Tom o’ Bedlam’s Song” in Giles Earle his Booke (British Museum, Additional MSS. 24, 665)",
"roman": "in yͤ booke of moones defend yee",
"text": "From yͤ hagg & hungry Goblin,\nyͭ into raggs would rend yee,\n& yͤ spirit yͭ stand’s by yͤ naked man,"
},
{
"ref": "1872, George MacDonald, The Princess and the Goblin, page 50",
"text": "\"[…]If he had struck a stroke more to the side just here,\" said the goblin, tapping the very stone, as it seemed to Curdie, against which his head lay, \"he would have been through; but he's a couple of yards past it now, and if he follow the lode it will be a week before it leads him in.[…]\"",
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{
"ref": "2006, Charlotte Bishop, Norty: The Chosen Ones, page 187",
"text": "At last the goblins had a chance to rid themselves of one of the troublesome defenders, and two goblin warriors snatched the opportunity.",
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},
{
"ref": "2010, Thom L. Nichols, War: Return of the Elves, Part 1, page 37",
"text": "The goblin shifted the two younger ones closer to him. It looked like he was hiding behind them, using them as a shield.\nThe goblin looked pure evil. His eyes were brown.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2010, D. S. Macleod, The Middle Times: Rise of the Goblin King, page 229",
"text": "I shall send another entourage of goblins back here to Desput with the goblins’ new ally the Pixy! These creatures deserve the same respect as any other goblin.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2013 June 22, “Snakes and ladders”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 76",
"text": "Risk is everywhere. From tabloid headlines insisting that coffee causes cancer (yesterday, of course, it cured it) to stern government warnings about alcohol and driving, the world is teeming with goblins. For each one there is a frighteningly precise measurement of just how likely it is to jump from the shadows and get you.",
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"glosses": [
"One of various hostile supernatural creatures, now especially (fantasy literature) a malevolent and grotesque diminutive humanoid, often associated with orcs or trolls."
],
"hypernyms": [
{
"source": "Thesaurus:goblin",
"word": "creature"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:goblin",
"word": "demon"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:goblin",
"word": "elf"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:goblin",
"word": "fairy"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:goblin",
"word": "hob"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:goblin",
"word": "sprite"
}
],
"hyponyms": [
{
"source": "Thesaurus:goblin",
"word": "brownie"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:goblin",
"word": "gremlin"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:goblin",
"word": "hag"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:goblin",
"word": "Krampus"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:goblin",
"word": "nix"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:goblin",
"word": "nixie"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:goblin",
"word": "ogress"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:goblin",
"word": "pigwidgeon"
}
],
"id": "en-goblin-en-noun-nzCuOmRQ",
"links": [
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"supernatural"
],
[
"creature",
"creature"
],
[
"malevolent",
"malevolent"
],
[
"grotesque",
"grotesque"
],
[
"humanoid",
"humanoid"
],
[
"orc",
"orc"
],
[
"troll",
"troll"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "hobgoblin"
},
{
"word": "bug"
},
{
"word": "buggard"
},
{
"word": "bugbear"
},
{
"word": "bog"
},
{
"word": "bogey"
},
{
"word": "bogy"
},
{
"word": "bogie"
},
{
"word": "boggard"
},
{
"word": "boggart"
},
{
"word": "baggard"
},
{
"word": "bogle"
},
{
"word": "boggle"
},
{
"word": "bugaboo"
},
{
"word": "bug-a-boo"
},
{
"word": "elf"
},
{
"word": "kobold"
},
{
"word": "sprite"
},
{
"word": "fairy"
},
{
"word": "fay"
},
{
"word": "fey"
},
{
"word": "fae"
},
{
"word": "faerie"
},
{
"word": "puck"
},
{
"english": "sometimes distinguished, especially in fantasy literature",
"word": "hob"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:goblin",
"word": "gnome"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:goblin",
"word": "goblin"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:goblin",
"word": "imp"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:goblin",
"word": "ogre"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:goblin",
"word": "orc"
}
],
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"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"word": "iratxo"
},
{
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"word": "intxisu"
},
{
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "korrigan"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "góblin",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "го́блин"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "talasǎ́m",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "таласъ́м"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "follet"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "gēbùlín",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"word": "哥布林"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yāoguài",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"word": "妖怪"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "šotek"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "skřítek"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "skřet"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "nisse"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "trold"
},
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "aardmannetje"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kobold"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"word": "koboldo"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"word": "pahared"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"word": "haltija"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"word": "peikko"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"word": "hiisi"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gobelin"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lutin"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "farfadet"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "trasno"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "provizo"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "xas"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "abelurio"
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{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "abutardo"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "papón"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "goblini",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"word": "გობლინი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "Kobold"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "kalikántzaros",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "καλικάντζαρος"
},
{
"code": "el",
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"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ξωτικό"
},
{
"code": "haw",
"lang": "Hawaiian",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"word": "ʻeʻepa pauʻaka"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"word": "lidérc"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"word": "kobold"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "svartálfur"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"word": "hantu"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "púca"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "folletto"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "goblin"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "goburin",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"word": "ゴブリン"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "dokkaebi",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"word": "도깨비"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "gobeullin",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"word": "고블린"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "cinok"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "şeytanok"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gobelinus"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cobalus"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"word": "afrit"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"word": "taipo"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"word": "kākarepō"
},
{
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "gŏblin",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "गॉबलिन"
},
{
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"word": "pouke"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nisse"
},
{
"code": "oj",
"lang": "Ojibwe",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"word": "wiindigoo"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pūca"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"word": "goblin"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "duende"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "goblin"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"word": "gobrinho"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"word": "gobelim"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "iazmă"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "góblin",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "го́блин"
},
{
"code": "sat",
"lang": "Santali",
"roman": "bhut",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"word": "ᱵᱷᱩᱛ"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "гоблин"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "goblin"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "škrat"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
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"source": "Thesaurus:goblin",
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"source": "Thesaurus:goblin",
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"source": "Thesaurus:goblin",
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"source": "Thesaurus:goblin",
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"source": "Thesaurus:goblin",
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"source": "Thesaurus:goblin",
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"source": "Thesaurus:goblin",
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"source": "Thesaurus:goblin",
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"source": "Thesaurus:goblin",
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"ref": "c. 1620, anonymous, “Tom o’ Bedlam’s Song” in Giles Earle his Booke (British Museum, Additional MSS. 24, 665)",
"roman": "in yͤ booke of moones defend yee",
"text": "From yͤ hagg & hungry Goblin,\nyͭ into raggs would rend yee,\n& yͤ spirit yͭ stand’s by yͤ naked man,"
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"ref": "1872, George MacDonald, The Princess and the Goblin, page 50",
"text": "\"[…]If he had struck a stroke more to the side just here,\" said the goblin, tapping the very stone, as it seemed to Curdie, against which his head lay, \"he would have been through; but he's a couple of yards past it now, and if he follow the lode it will be a week before it leads him in.[…]\"",
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{
"ref": "2006, Charlotte Bishop, Norty: The Chosen Ones, page 187",
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{
"ref": "2010, Thom L. Nichols, War: Return of the Elves, Part 1, page 37",
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"type": "quotation"
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{
"ref": "2010, D. S. Macleod, The Middle Times: Rise of the Goblin King, page 229",
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{
"ref": "2013 June 22, “Snakes and ladders”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 76",
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"ipa": "/ˈɡɑb.lɪn/",
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{
"word": "bug"
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{
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"word": "bugbear"
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{
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{
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{
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{
"word": "elf"
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{
"word": "kobold"
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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"source": "Thesaurus:goblin",
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"source": "Thesaurus:goblin",
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"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
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"code": "eu",
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"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
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"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"tags": [
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],
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},
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "góblin",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "го́блин"
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"code": "bg",
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"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "follet"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "gēbùlín",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"word": "哥布林"
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{
"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "yāoguài",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"word": "妖怪"
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{
"code": "cs",
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"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
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"word": "šotek"
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"code": "cs",
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"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
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"code": "cs",
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{
"code": "da",
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"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
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"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"tags": [
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],
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kobold"
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{
"code": "eo",
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"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
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{
"code": "et",
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"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"word": "pahared"
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{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"word": "haltija"
},
{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"word": "peikko"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"word": "hiisi"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gobelin"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
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],
"word": "farfadet"
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{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "trasno"
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{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "provizo"
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{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
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"code": "gl",
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"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
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"word": "abutardo"
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"code": "ka",
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"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"word": "გობლინი"
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"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
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{
"code": "el",
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"roman": "kalikántzaros",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "καλικάντζαρος"
},
{
"code": "el",
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"roman": "xotikó",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ξωτικό"
},
{
"code": "haw",
"lang": "Hawaiian",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"word": "ʻeʻepa pauʻaka"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"word": "lidérc"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
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"code": "is",
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"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
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"masculine"
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"word": "svartálfur"
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{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"word": "hantu"
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{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "púca"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "folletto"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "goblin"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "goburin",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"word": "ゴブリン"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "dokkaebi",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"word": "도깨비"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "gobeullin",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"word": "고블린"
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{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "cinok"
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{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "şeytanok"
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{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gobelinus"
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{
"code": "la",
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"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "cobalus"
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{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"word": "afrit"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"word": "taipo"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"word": "kākarepō"
},
{
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "gŏblin",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "गॉबलिन"
},
{
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"word": "pouke"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nisse"
},
{
"code": "oj",
"lang": "Ojibwe",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"word": "wiindigoo"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pūca"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"word": "goblin"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "duende"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "goblin"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"word": "gobrinho"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"word": "gobelim"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "iazmă"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "góblin",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "го́блин"
},
{
"code": "sat",
"lang": "Santali",
"roman": "bhut",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"word": "ᱵᱷᱩᱛ"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "гоблин"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "goblin"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "škrat"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "duende"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "trasgo"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"word": "zimwi"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"word": "vätte"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"word": "tianak"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"word": "patianak"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"word": "küçük şeytan"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ellyll"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ŵyll"
},
{
"code": "fy",
"lang": "West Frisian",
"sense": "hostile diminutive humanoid in fantasy literature",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ierdmantsje"
}
],
"word": "goblin"
}
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