Boggart
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Boggart is a noun meaning (mythology) Alternative spelling of boggard (A bogey, a ghost).
Meaning
(mythology) Alternative spelling of boggard (A bogey, a ghost).
More Meanings
- (fantasy) A shapeshifting monster that feeds on fear.
Example Sentences
“[…]Are na ye shamed, ye weak gawly, that ye darena stir ower the threshold for fear of a boggart?”
The boggart has brought you here because it hopes to feed off you like it has been trying to feed off me.
I pushed open the lid, half-expecting a Boggart to burst out of the trunk, taking the form of my worst nightmare.
"A boogeyman," I said. "Sometimes known as a boggle or a boggart. It's a weak form of phobophage - a fear-eater, mostly insubstantial."
Word Forms
- boggarts
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include bogyman, boogyman, boogeyman, boogerman, boogieman, bogy.
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