ugly+old+woman

  • 81hag — ► NOUN 1) an ugly old woman. 2) a witch. DERIVATIVES haggish adjective. ORIGIN perhaps from Old English …

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  • 82haggish — hag ► NOUN 1) an ugly old woman. 2) a witch. DERIVATIVES haggish adjective. ORIGIN perhaps from Old English …

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  • 83haggard — [16] Haggard was originally a falconer’s term for a hawk as yet untamed. It has been suggested that its ultimate source was Germanic *khag , which also produced English hedge, the implication being that a haggard was a hawk that sat in a hedge… …

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  • 84runt —    Applied to a person, this word now usually refers to a person’s small size. In the seventeenth century it could also be applied to an ignorant person, and indeed, was first used in that way. It was later an insulting term for an ugly old woman …

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  • 85Rutebeuf — ▪ French poet also spelled  Rutebuef , or  Rustebeuf  flourished 1245–85       French poet and jongleur whose pungent commentaries on the orders of society are considered the first expression of popular opinion in French literature.       The… …

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  • 86hag — noun /hæɡ/ a) A witch, sorceress, or enchantress; also, a wizard. b) An ugly old woman. See Also: fag hag …

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  • 87crone — [[t]kro͟ʊn[/t]] crones N COUNT A crone is an ugly old woman. [LITERARY] …

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  • 88runt — rÊŒnt n. dwarf, midget, person or animal who is very small for its kind; mean or despicable person; hag, ugly old woman (British Slang) …

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  • 89runts — rÊŒnt n. dwarf, midget, person or animal who is very small for its kind; mean or despicable person; hag, ugly old woman (British Slang) …

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  • 90hag — hag1 noun a witch. ↘an ugly old woman. Derivatives haggish adjective Origin ME: perh. from OE hægtesse, hegtes, of unknown ultimate origin. hag2 noun Scottish & N. English a soft place on a moor or a firm place in a bog. Origin ME: from ON hỏgg… …

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