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Where does “boggle” come from?

boggle (English) comes from English bogle — A goblin; a frightful spectre or phantom; a bogy...

boggle (English): Either literally or figuratively to stop or...

Definitions

  1. Either literally or figuratively to stop or...

Ancestry of “boggle”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbogleA goblin; a frightful spectre or phantom; a bogy...

Words derived from “boggle”

  • boggler
  • bogglesome
  • bogglish
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