English Explanatory Dictionary

shoggoth

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A monstrous gelatinous creature featured in the horror fiction of H. P. Lovecraft.
  2. Artificial intelligence, especially a large language model, with a relatable user-facing persona but an incomprehensible and potentially scary interior.
noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of shoggoth.

Word forms

shoggoth shoggoths shaggoth

Etymology

Coined by American writer and editor H. P. Lovecraft.

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