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hag

UK/haɡ/ US/hæɡ/ fairly common slang us

noun

1.

an ugly evil-looking old woman

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2.

eellike cyclostome having a tongue with horny teeth in a round mouth surrounded by eight tentacles; feeds on dead or trapped fishes by boring into their bodies

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Origin

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.

Phrases

  • boo hag
  • fag hag
  • glutinous hag
  • grab hag
  • hag moth
  • hag track
  • night hag
  • old hag syndrome

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