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hag
1[ hag ]
hag
2[ hag, hahg ]
noun
, British Dialect.
- bog; quagmire.
- a firm spot or island of firm ground in a bog or marsh.
Hag.
3abbreviation for
, Bible.
- Haggai.
hag
1/ hɑːɡ; hæɡ /
noun
- a firm spot in a bog
- a soft place in a moor
hag
2/ hæɡ /
noun
- an unpleasant or ugly old woman
- a witch
- short for hagfish
- obsolete.a female demon
Hag.
3abbreviation for
- Haggai
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Derived Forms
- ˈhaggishly, adverb
- ˈhaggish, adjective
- ˈhagˌlike, adjective
- ˈhaggishness, noun
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Other Words From
- haggish haglike adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of hag1
1175–1225; Middle English hagge, Old English *hægge, akin to hægtesse witch, hagorūn spell, German Hexe witch
Origin of hag2
1250–1300; Middle English: chasm < Old Norse hǫgg a cut, ravine
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Word History and Origins
Origin of hag1
C13: of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Norse högg gap; see hew
Origin of hag2
Old English hægtesse witch; related to Old High German hagazussa, Middle Dutch haghetisse
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