folletto

noun

fol·​let·​to

fəˈlet(ˌ)ō

plural folletti

-)ē

: imp, goblin, fairy

especially : a supernatural being who is a survival in popular form of an ancient Etruscan or Roman deity

Word History

Etymology

Italian, from Old Italian, from Old French folet fool, goblin, from fol foolish, mad

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