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hag (1)

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hag1 /haɡ /
▸ noun
1 derogatory an ugly old woman:
a fat old hag in a dirty apron.
▪ a witch, especially one in the form of an old woman.
2 short for hagfish
– DERIVATIVES
haggish /ˈhaɡɪʃ / adjective
– ORIGIN Middle English: perhaps from Old English hægtesse, hegtes, related to Dutch heks and German Hexe ‘witch’, of unknown ultimate origin.