ghoul
noun/ɡuːl/
/ɡuːl/
- (in stories) an evil spirit that opens graves and eats the dead bodies in them
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- (disapproving) a person who is too interested in unpleasant things such as death and disaster
Word Originlate 18th cent.: from Arabic ġūl, a desert demon believed to rob graves and devour corpses.
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