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Alternative spellings
ghole

Etymology
Persian FAchar|غÙ�Ù� — an imaginary sylvan demon, supposed to devour men and animals. Compare Arabic ARchar|غÙ�Ù� and French goule.

Pronunciation
IPA|/g��l/
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-u�l|-u�l

Noun
en-noun|s

1. (mythology, folklore) A spirit said to feed on corpses.

#*1927 � w:H.P. Lovecraft|H.P. Lovecraft, [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Pickman's_Model Pickman's Model]
#*:The other chamber had shown a pack of ghouls and witches over-running the world of our forefathers, but this one brought the horror right into our own daily life!.

1. A graverobber; a person with an undue interest in death and corpses.

Translations
trans-top|A spirit said to feed on corpses
Finnish: ghouli
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Ojibwe: wiindigoo
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trans-top|A graverobber
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Synonyms
resurrectionist

Derived terms
ghoulish

Category:Death
Category:Persian derivations

de:ghoul
io:ghoul
vi:ghoul
zh:ghoul

• 2007-10-24 20:13 - AutoFormat - trans link [[Ojibwe]]

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