Etymology

gumiho

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Today it means: An usually malevolent, shape-shifting fox spirit, typically said to take the form of a beautiful woman to seduce men and eat their livers. Full definition →

Korean 구미호
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The story

  1. Korean · borrowed from구미호“nine-tailed fox”
  2. English todaygumiho

Borrowed from Korean 구미호 (gumiho, “nine-tailed fox”).

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