Meanings
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1
noun
a goblin, specter, or other frightening supernatural being in northern British and Scots folklore
The children believed that a bogle haunted the ruined mill.
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2
noun
a scarecrow or any object treated as a source of fear or loathing
In the dusk, the ragged bogle in the field looked almost alive.
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Etymology
A Scots and northern English word attested around 1500. Its origin is uncertain, but it is probably related to the bug, bogey, and boggart family of words for frightening apparitions; boggle originally described starting in fear.