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单词 haggish
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haggishadj.

Brit. /ˈhaɡɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈhæɡɪʃ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: hag n.1, -ish suffix1.
Etymology: < hag n.1 + -ish suffix1.
Of, resembling, or characteristic of a hag or witch.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > sorcerer or magician > witch > [adjective] > resembling a witch
haggish1576
hag-like1647
witchy1667
hagged1706
1576 G. Pettie Petite Pallace 38 In her sutch haggish hate.
1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis i. 9 Mars..with sweld furor haggish Lyke bandog grinning.
a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) i. ii. 29 On vs both did haggish Age steale on. View more context for this quotation
1822 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 11 11 The beldam's haggish grin.
1886 T. Hardy Mayor of Casterbridge I. i. 8 A haggish creature of about fifty presided.
2000 Jrnl. Women Stud. 21 No. 1–2. 100 It made them mean, and old, and haggish.

Derivatives

ˈhaggishly adv.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > sorcerer or magician > witch > [adverb]
haggishly1846
1846 J. E. Worcester Universal Dict. Eng. Lang. Haggishly, in the manner of a hag.
1998 Scotsman (Nexis) 12 Mar. 21 Pa had bid the Haggish witches to haggishly call on their dark masters.
ˈhaggishness n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > sorcerer or magician > witch > [noun] > quality of being
witchdom1840
haggishness1846
witchiness1908
the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > ugliness > [noun] > ugly person > woman > quality of
haggishness1846
1846 ‘J. Hampden Jr.’ Aristocracy of Eng. x. 96 In late age she presents the most singular contrast in existence of haggishness and tawdriness.
1893 Dispatch (Columbus, Ohio) 2 Mar. [The land] of dazzling beauty and most hideous haggishness in women.
2010 A. Braxton-Smith Merrow (2016) v. 60 In spite of her haggishness and the manner in which she daily left me wrung out with her small-mindedness, it was strange at home without my aunt.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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