Kelpie
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Kelpie is a noun meaning (Celtic mythology) A malevolent shapeshifting spirit, most often in the form of a horse, believed to haunt the rivers and lochs of Scotland.
Meaning
(Celtic mythology) A malevolent shapeshifting spirit, most often in the form of a horse, believed to haunt the rivers and lochs of Scotland.
More Meanings
- An Australian breed of sheepdog.
Example Sentences
Gulls scatter before the blur of my insane kelpie.
There was no sound but the endless noise of forest and river, and the sleep-whimper of his kelpie.
He was a boy in form, and an antediluvian in feature. Some thought he was a mule, between a Jew and an ape; some a wizard, some a kelpie, or a fairy, but most of all, that he was really and truly a Brownie.
Word Forms
- kelpies
- kelpy
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include kelpy, shoopiltie, kilpe, kelpfish, pellack, pellock.
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