EuroLex/E/Gremlin


 * Original language: English (maybe from Irish gruaimin 'bad-tempered little fellow')
 * Original form and meaning: 1) 'an imaginary creature responsible for mechanical faults', 2) 'a figure from a movie of the same name', 3) 'a small toy-figure'

(Note: If the status is not specifically indicated then the word is stylistically neutral and generally used; if earlier meaning and status equals current use the former may be expressed by writing "dito". Cf. also the project guidelines.)


 * Annotations: *DEA = Dictionary of European Anglicisms by Manfred Görlach (2001), Oxford: OUP.


 * Information on Other Languages: Icelandic: gremlin [= Engl. pron.], 1980s, meaning 2 and 3, restricted to youth language, obsolete; Russian: grimli, 1990s; meaning 2, restricted to youth and colloquial language; Greek: gremlins, end20c; meaning 2 and 3, but restricted to colloquial and modish use

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