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ghoul
noun
(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!.
A graverobber; a person with an undue interest in death and corpses.
Translations:
Etymology:
Persian (
FAchar, ÙÙ
) — an imaginary sylvan demon, supposed to devour men and animals. Compare Arabic (
ARchar, ÙÙ
) and French
goule
.
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