boggart.

A troublesome or frightening supernatural being in British folklore, with descriptions varying by region and story.

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Words that belong together

• a boggart tale
• a household boggart

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The tale’s boggart spoiled the food and moved the latch at night.

Different villages gave the boggart different shapes, but each warned against naming it casually.

Usage notes

Primary category: horror. Forms: Singular boggart; plural boggarts. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.