dybbuk
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dybbuk /ˈdɪbʊk/
▶noun (pl. dybbuks or dybbukim /-kɪm/) (in Jewish folklore) a malevolent wandering spirit that possesses the body of a living person until exorcized.
– origin from Yiddish dibek, from Heb. dibbūq, from dāḇaq ‘cling’.
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