goblinesqueadj.
/ˌɡɒblɪˈnɛsk/, U.S. /ˌɡɑbləˈnɛsk/ Characteristic or reminiscent of a goblin; resembling a goblin.
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the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > fairy or elf > [adjective] > of or relating to imp or goblin > resembling
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1873 C. G. Leland Eng. Gipsies & their Lang. ix. 143 There is a strange goblinesque charm in Gipsydom.
1893 Vassar Misc. Nov. 48 An insight and enterprise almost goblinesque.
1910 C. D. Mackay Silver Thread & Other Folk Plays 195 A black goblinesque suit.
1980 New Scientist 31 July 356/2 We caught glimpses of dim, goblinesque figures shuffling about on a barren desert.
2010 J. Bonnadonna Mad Shadows 216 There was something goblinesque about them, as if they had stepped out of a book of fairy tales.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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