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ghoul Definition


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ghoul
noun
    1. Someone who is interested in morbid or disgusting things.
    2a. In Arab mythology: a demon that robs graves and eats dead bodies;
    2b. An evil spirit or presence.
Etymology: 18c: from Arabic ghul.



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