worricow

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From worry (“to harass”) +‎ cow.

Noun

worricow (plural worricows)

  1. (Scotland) An imp or hobgoblin.
    • 1757, [Tobias Smollett], The Reprisal: Or, The Tars of Old England. […], London: […] R[oberts] Baldwin, […], →OCLC, Act II, scene i, page 26:
      Hout, na! it canna be our commander Monſieur de Champignon, running about in the dark like a worricow!
  2. (Scotland) Anything frightful or grotesque.
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