hag

English

/hæɡ/

noun
Definitions
  • A witch, sorceress, or enchantress; a wizard.
  • (pejorative) An ugly old 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 man's hair.
  • The fruit of the hagberry, Prunus padus.
  • (slang) sleep paralysis

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English hagge inherited from Old English hægtesse (hag, witch) inherited from Proto-Germanic *hagatusjō derived from Proto-Indo-European *ḱak- (branch, be able, stick, help).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*ḱak-

Gloss

branch, be able, stick, help

Concept
Semantic Field

The physical world

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

Emoji

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