Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Ghoul


ghoul |gool|
noun
an evil spirit or phantom, esp. one supposed to rob graves and feed on dead bodies.
• a person morbidly interested in death or disaster.

DERIVATIVES
ghoulish adjective
ghoulishly adverb
ghoulishness noun

ORIGIN late 18th cent.: from Arabic ġūl, 'a desert demon believed to rob graves and devour corpses.'

2 comments:

  1. what's up with the comic?...you need to post more.

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  2. Yeah I know...I've been trucking along on it. I'm about 75% done, and I've been lazy about posting it to the blog. I'll get some stuff up in the next week. Thanks for keeping me on my toes.

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