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drekavacs

drekavacs is the plural of drekavac.

Meaning of drekavac

Noun

drekavac (plural drekavacs)

  1. A mythical creature in South Slavic mythology believed to be the soul of an unbaptized child and recognized by its piercing, unsettling howling.
    • “Okay, Gary, looks like we're dealing with a Drekavac, a demon from Slavic mythology that's the ghost of--” “...the ghost of an unbaptized child's soul that runs around begging people to baptize it. I know. I'll take the demon. You get the kids to safety.”2018 August 26, Mark Little, “Gary and His New Life” (6:13 from the start), in Gary and His Demons, season 1, episode 16, spoken by Tucker (Tim Gilbert)

Questions about drekavacs

What is drekavacs the plural of?
Drekavacs is the plural of drekavac.

Words near drekavacs in the dictionary

  1. Dreisers
  2. dreissenid
  3. dreissenids
  4. drek
  5. drekavac
  6. drekavacs
  7. drekkier
  8. drekkiest
  9. drekky
  10. drekly
  11. drelfie

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