Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
A goblin, imp, bogeyman, bugbear or similar a frightful being or phantom. · A scarecrow. · A Jamaican dance move that involves raising and lowering the arms while moving the body in a waving motion.
verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryObsolete form of boggle.
Uncertain; possibly cognate with English bug, or derived from Welsh bwgwly (“to terrify”).
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- Cognate mentionbugen
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