English Explanatory Dictionary

boggart

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Alternative spelling of boggard (A bogey, a ghost)
  2. A shapeshifting monster that feeds on fear.

Word forms

boggart boggarts

Etymology

As a monster that feeds on fear, coined by British novelist J. K. Rowling in 1999 in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.

Related words

Boggart on Harry Potter Wiki
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