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boggart

boggart noun: a shapeshifting monster that feeds on fear. Also the alternative spelling of boggard.

Noun

boggart (plural boggarts)

  1. A shapeshifting monster that feeds on fear.
    • "A boogeyman," I said. "Sometimes known as a boggle or a boggart. It's a weak form of phobophage - a fear-eater, mostly insubstantial."2018 June 5, Jim Butcher, Brief Cases: The Dresden Files, Hachette UK, →ISBN
    • I pushed open the lid, half-expecting a Boggart to burst out of the trunk, taking the form of my worst nightmare.2019 March 25, Autumn Reed, Touch of Wrath, Autumn Reed

Also used as

boggart is also the alternative spelling of boggard.

Forms of boggart

pluralboggarts

Origin of boggart

Variant of boggard, recorded since 18th century. As a monster that feeds on fear, coined by British novelist J. K. Rowling in 1999 in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.

Questions about boggart

What does boggart mean?
Boggart means a shapeshifting monster that feeds on fear.
What part of speech is boggart?
Boggart is a noun.
What is the plural of boggart?
The plural of boggart is boggarts.

Words near boggart in the dictionary

  1. Boggabri
  2. Boggan
  3. Boggans
  4. boggard
  5. boggards
  6. boggart
  7. boggarts
  8. bogged
  9. bogged down
  10. bogged in
  11. bogged into

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