kallikantzaros
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
31
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
1
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
In Greek and Cypriot culture, a traditional Yuletide gift-bearing character, resembling a goblin.
noun
A mythical, malevolent goblin-like spirit of Southeastern European and Anatolian folklore.
Example Sentences
- ""This view is taken by Allatius, who says that a Kallikantzaros has all the characteristics of nightmare, rampaging on men's shoulders, then leaving them half senseless on the ground."
- ""The kallikantzaros was not intimidated by my feeble cries."
- ""Nick is Nick Papdoukis and he's a Kallikantzaros. In Greek lore, Kallikantzaroi are goblins who snatch children."
Etymology
Borrowed from Greek καλλικάντζαρος (kallikántzaros).