| 释义 |
† ˈmormo Obs.
Also 7–8 mormoe.
[a. Gr. µορµώ, a hideous she-monster.]
A kind of hobgoblin; a bugbear; an imaginary terror.
1605Z. Jones tr. De Loyer's Specters 15 In like sort Mormo..was one of those with which they terrified little children. a1652J. Smith Sel. Disc. ii. 37 To all which we may add the..frightful apparitions of ghosts and mormos. 1676[see morphosis]. 1738Warburton Div. Legat. I. 335 A Mormo fit only to fright Women and Children. |
