ghoul

• ghole

From Persian غول‎ (ğul); a mythical demon, supposed to devour humans and animals, from Arabic غُول‎ (ḡūl). Compare French goule, of the same origin.

• IPA^(key): /ɡuːl/, /ɡʊəl/
• Rhymes: -uːl

ghoul (plural ghouls)

1. (mythology, Muslim demonology) A spirit said to feed on corpses.
   • 1927, H.P. Lovecraft, Pickman's Model‎:

     The other chamber had shown a pack of ghouls and witches over-running the world of our forefathers, but this one brought the horror right into our own daily life!.

2. A graverobber.
3. A person with an undue interest in death and corpses, or more generally in things that are revolting and repulsive.

• ghoulish

• (graverobber) resurrection man, resurrectionist, body snatcher

• Portuguese: ghoul

• jinn
• jann
• nasnas
• satan
• angel

• Lough, lough

Borrowed from English ghoul, from Persian غول‎ (ğul).

ghoul m (plural ghouls)

1. (mythology, folklore) ghoul (a spirit said to feed on corpses)