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goblinry

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The doings or character of goblins.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • tales of goblinry
  • 1830, Walter Scott, The Doom of Devorgoil Act III, Scene 1, in Lyrics, Dramas and Miscellaneous Pieces, Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1875, p. 276, But is there nothing, then, save rank imposture, / In all these tales of goblinry at Devorgoil?

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History

Etymology

From goblin + -ry.