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单词 buggane
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bugganen.

Brit. /bəˈɡeɪn/, U.S. /bəˈɡeɪn/, Manx English /bʊˈɡɛːn/
Forms: 1700s bogon, 1700s–1800s buggan, 1800s boagane, 1800s–1900s buggin, 1800s– bugan Brit. /ˈbʌɡ(ə)n/, U.S. /ˈbəɡən/, 1800s– buggane.
Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Welsh. Partly a borrowing from Manx. Etymons: Welsh bwgan; Manx buggane.
Etymology: Partly (i) < Welsh bwgan (1547; perhaps < bwg (although this is first attested later: see bug n.1) + -an , diminutive suffix), and partly (ii) < Manx buggane (1796 as boc-caan , or earlier: see bug n.1).The following earlier attestation of buggan-boes , plural (in a source from Shrewsbury), either implies earlier currency of this word, or contains a related element (compare also Welsh †bwgan bo (17th cent.) and the discussion at bugaboo n.):1660 T. R. Let. in Confut. Scurrilous Libell 44 We hear of nothing but army against army, single combats, Don Quixots, Windmills, Souldiers, Captains, Castles in the air, with Thrasonicall boasting and bragging, and such like terrible buggan-boes, which have frighted the poor Ideot out of his wits.
English regional (west midlands) and (now chiefly) Manx English.
An imaginary evil spirit or creature; a bogeyman.to take buggane: (of a horse) to shy, take fright (obsolete). Cf. to take bug at bug n.1 1, to take buggart at buggart n.
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1775 Monthly Rev. Feb. 192 If a horse takes fright, the people will say, ‘He spied a buggan’; or ‘the horse took buggan’.
1847 Mona's Herald 8 Sept. 3/3 Like the big Buggane, and all other finite creatures, the Phynnodderee had a spice of mischief in him.
1872 G. M. Hopkins Jrnl. 12 Aug. in Note-bks. & Papers (1937) 165 A foolish legend of a tailor and a goblin called a Buggane.
1879 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. (at cited word) If yo' dunna be qweet I'll let bugan tak' yo.
1887 H. Caine Deemster ii The men craythurs that hang up their hats over the straw to fright the boaganes.
1894 H. Caine Manxman vi. i. 359 You'd have a buggane riding on your breast the night through.
1923 Mariner's Mirror 9 213 The Manxmen also had sea brownies, the land ‘Buggane’ sometimes going to sea unless the usual rite was performed to prevent this.
1957 Isle of Man Examiner 21 June 11/4 The Buggane was said to have appeared and frightened him out of the Church.
1998 J. Cope Mod. Antiquarian ii. v. 331/1 The Isle of Man is a magical 'tween times place, full of..terrifying spirit monsters such as the dreaded buggane and the Moddey Dhoo.

Phrases

to play the (very) buggane (with a person): to behave malevolently (towards a person); to play the devil. Cf. to play (the) puck with at puck n.1 1b. Obsolete.
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1839 G. C. Lewis Gloss. Words Herefordshire 16 To play the bugan, to play the devil.
1868 R. W. Huntley Gloss. Cotswold (Gloucs.) Dial. Introd. 18Play the very Buggan with you’, is to spoil, to harrass; ‘Buggan’ meaning Satan or any evil spirit.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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