goblin
意味
- 人に害やいたずらを働く奇怪な姿の悪霊
例文
He gave his sudden, goblin like grin.
彼はいつものように突然不気味な笑みを浮かべた。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
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”), whence English puck.