crone

Значение (Английский)

1. An old woman.
2. An archetypal figure, a Wise Woman.
3. An ugly, evil-looking, or frightening old woman; a hag.
4. (obsolete) An old ewe.
5. (obsolete) An old man, especially one who talks and acts like an old woman.

Синонимы

hag

witch

beldam

beldame

harridan

harp

harpy

decrepit

sorceress

gorgon

Произносится как (IPA)

/kɹoʊn/

Этимология (Английский)

Унаследовано от среднеанглийский: crone

Родственно старофранцузский: charogne

Родственно французский: charogne

In summary

From Middle English crone, from Anglo-Norman carogne (compare central Old French charogne (a term of abuse, literally “carrion, carcass, old sheep, hag”), whence modern French charogne). Doublet of carrion.