boggart

noun

1. A shapeshifting monster that feeds on fear.

   "A boogeyman," I said. "Sometimes known as a boggle or a boggart. It's a weak form of phobophage - a fear-eater, mostly insubstantial."

Where it comes from

Variant of boggard, recorded since 18th century. As a monster that feeds on fear, coined by British novelist J. K. Rowling in 1999 in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry boggart (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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