hag
Nghĩa (English)
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- A witch, sorceress, or enchantress; a wizard.
- An ugly old woman.
- An evil woman.
- A fury; a she-monster.
- A hagfish; one of various eel-like fish of the family Myxinidae, allied to the lamprey, with a suctorial mouth, labial appendages, and a single pair of gill openings.
- A hagdon or shearwater; one of various sea birds of the genus Puffinus.
- (obsolete) An appearance of light and fire on a horse's mane or a person's hair.
- The fruit of the hagberry, Prunus padus.
- (slang) Sleep paralysis.
Synonyms
Tính thường xuyên
Phát âm là (IPA)
/hæɡ/
Etymology (English)
From Middle English hagge, hegge (“demon, old woman”), shortening of Old English hægtesse, hægtes (“harpy, witch”), from Proto-West Germanic *hagatussjā. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Häkse (“witch”), Dutch heks, German Hexe (“witch”). Doublet of hex.
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