"malevolent spirit of a dead person possessing the body of a living one," 1903, from Jewish folklore, from Hebrew dibbuk, from dabak "to cling, cleave to."
dwelling
dwindle
*dwo-
dyad
Dyak
dybbuk
dye
dyeing
dyer
*dyeu-
dying
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