English

Noun

mormo ‎(plural mormos)

1. (obsolete) A bugbear; false terror.
   • Ralph Cudworth

     Thus the Atheists, who derive the origin of religion from fear, first put an affrighful vizard upon the Deity, and then conclude it to be but a mormo or bugbear, the creature of fear and fancy.

   • Samuel Johnson

     the mormos and bugbears of a frighted rabble