dybbuk

noun /ˈdɪbʊk/

1. A malicious possessing spirit, believed to be the dislocated soul of a dead person.

   And who am I? A dybbuk—a demon of all shapes and no shape. My profession is forced entry into the minds of mortals; my speciality is Jews.

Where it comes from

From Yiddish דיבוק (dibek), from Hebrew דבק (dovek, “cling”).

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

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