banshee
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- 12
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Definition of banshee
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(Ireland, Scotland)A female spirit, usually taking the form of a woman whose mournful wailing warns of an impending death.
“Late had he heard, in prophet's dream, / The fatal Ben-Shie's boding scream […].”
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noun
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(Ireland, Scotland)A female spirit, usually taking the form of a woman whose mournful wailing warns of an impending death.
“Late had he heard, in prophet's dream, / The fatal Ben-Shie's boding scream […].”
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(derogatory)A noisy or ill-tempered woman.
“Where's this old banshee that runs the place?”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Borrowed from Irish bean sí, from Old Irish ben síde (literally “woman of the fairy mound”). The term banshee entered English in 1771.
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