goblinize

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verb

To transform (someone) into a goblin.

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Meanings

verbgoblinize (third-person singular simple present goblinizes, present participle goblinizing, simple past and past participle goblinized)

present singular third person goblinizes · participle present goblinizing · participle past goblinized · past goblinized

  1. transitiveTo transform (someone) into a goblin.

    Once goblinized, Herodias joins them, doomed still to bear about the [John the] Baptist's head; […]

    1870, James Russell Lowell, “Witchcraft”, in Among My Books, Boston, Mass.: Fields, Osgood, & Co., →OCLC, page 118

Origin

From goblin + -ize.

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APA

goblinize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/goblinize

MLA

“goblinize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/goblinize. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “goblinize,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/goblinize.

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