Associations to the word «Dybbuk»

Wiktionary

DYBBUK, noun. A malicious possessing spirit, believed to be the dislocated soul of a dead person.

Dictionary definition

DYBBUK, noun. (Jewish folklore) a demon that enters the body of a living person and controls that body's behavior.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats