Etymology

spriggan

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Today it means: In Cornish folklore, a malicious spirit in the form of a wizened old man. Full definition →

Cornish spyrysyon
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The story

  1. Cornish · borrowed fromspyrysyon“spirits; fairies”
  2. English todayspriggan

Borrowed from Cornish spyrysyon (“spirits; fairies”).

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