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bo⋅gle

[boh-guhl, bog-uhl]
–noun
a bogy; specter.
Also, boggle.


Origin:
1495–1505; bog (var. of bug bugbear) + -le
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bo·gle   (bō'gəl)   
n.  A hobgoblin; a bogey.

[Scots bogill, perhaps ultimately from Welsh bwg, ghost, hobgoblin.]
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