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From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishhaghag /hæɡ/ noun [countable] old-fashioned WOMANan ugly or unpleasant woman, especially one who is old or looks like a witch
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hag• She was like a witch, a hag, all youthful beauty banished below the lines and hatred in her face.• What can this decrepit hag tell him?• Except if your coming may release me from the necessity ever to speak to that old hag again!• I had to heave the old hag out of the house when I got married.• Such hags were ugly, with massive twisted features and great strength.• Impotent old devils and dried-up hags always deride the efforts of the young.
Origin hag (1300-1400) Perhaps from Old English hægtesse “witch”
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