Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

goblinry

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: gob-lin-ry
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The doings or character of goblins.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"tales of goblinry"
"1830, Walter Scott, The Doom of Devorgoil Act III, Scene 1, in Lyrics, Dramas and Miscellaneous Pieces, Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1875, p. 276, But is there nothing, then, save rank imposture, / In all these tales of goblinry at Devorgoil?"
"These [illuminated shrines] are good ghostly company for him;— […] they appear to cheer him voicelessly as he strides from gloom to gloom, under the goblinry of those woods which tower black as ebony under the stars...."
"There were quaint paths, pillared with antic trees, latticed with drolly peering faces of extravagant orchids, that led the seeker to hidden, surprising bowers of goblinry."

Etymology

From goblin + -ry.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: goblin

Usage

Inflected Forms

goblinries (plural)

Questions

What does goblinry mean?: The doings or character of goblins.
Where does goblinry come from?: From goblin + -ry.

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