harpy

Betekenis (Engels)

1. A mythological creature generally depicted as a bird-of-prey with the head of a maiden, a face pale with hunger and long claws on her hands personifying the destructive power of storm winds.
2. A shrewish woman.
3. One who is rapacious or ravenous; an extortioner.
4. The European moor buzzard or marsh harrier (Circus aeruginosus).
5. A large and powerful double-crested, short-winged American eagle (Harpia harpyja).

Sinonieme

harpy bat

harpy eagle

vixen

Harpia harpyja

tube-nosed bat

tube-nosed fruit bat

harridan

beast of prey

hellcat

witch

Harpy

harrier eagle

ball-breaker

ball-buster

slime eel

borer

crone

gorgon

grandmother

hag

ogress

predator

termagant

Koppelteken as

har‧py

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈhɑɹpi/

Etimologie (Engels)

Ultimately from Middle French harpie, from Latin harpyia, from Ancient Greek Ἅρπυια (Hárpuia, literally “snatcher”), from ἁρπάζω (harpázō, “I snatch, seize”). Compare rapacious. Middle English had arpie.