worricow

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English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From worry (“to harass”) +‎ cow.

Noun[edit]

worricow (plural worricows)

  1. (Scotland) An imp or hobgoblin.
    • 1757, [Tobias George Smollett], The Reprisal: Or, The Tars of Old England. […], London: […] R[oberts] Baldwin, […], →OCLC, Act II, scene i:
      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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