crone
Meanings
Plural: crones
Noun
- an ugly evil-looking old woman
- An old woman.
- An archetypal figure, a wise woman.
- An ugly, evil-looking, or frightening old woman; a hag.
- An old ewe.
- An old man, especially one who talks and acts like an old woman.
Origin / Etymology
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.
Synonyms
babushka, bag, bat, beldam, beldame, biddy, bluehair, bubbe, carlin, carline, crone, gammer, geezer, gogo, grandam, granny, grimalkin, hag, maum, old lady, old maid, old woman, prune, spinster, tabby, trot, trout, witch
Scrabble Score: 7
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