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hagborn

hagborn adjective: born of a hag or witch.

Adjective

hagborn (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) Born of a hag or witch.
    • Pro. […]Then was this Iſland / (Saue for the Son, that he^([sic]) did littour heere, / A frekelld whelpe, hag-borne) not honour'd with / A humane ſhape.1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published...
    • Out, thou freckled whelp ! thou hagborn ! Out, I say !1879, Augustus B. Wood, Cupid on Crutches, Or, One Summer at Narragansett Pier, page 113

hagborn meaning in Urdu

hagborn in Urdu

ساحرہ زاد

Examples of hagborn in a sentence

  • The hagborn creature came up to the captain and raised his right hand, palm out, in a rough salute.1946, Francis P. Scannell, In Line of Duty, page 39:
  • 'Screw you and your mother and your hagborn dropsical brood, you scrofulous tit-sore slut!' he shouts, already beginning to feel better.1982, The Granta, page 96:

Forms of hagborn

alternative formhag-born
alternative formhag-borne

Origin of hagborn

From hag + born.

Questions about hagborn

What does hagborn mean?
Hagborn means born of a hag or witch.
What is hagborn in Urdu?
Hagborn in Urdu is ساحرہ زاد. See Hagborn meaning in Urdu.
How do you use hagborn in a sentence?
The hagborn creature came up to the captain and raised his right hand, palm out, in a rough salute.
What part of speech is hagborn?
Hagborn is an adjective.

Words near hagborn in the dictionary

  1. hagberries
  2. hagberry
  3. hagboat
  4. hagboats
  5. hagbolt
  6. hagborn
  7. hagbus
  8. hagbush
  9. hagbushes
  10. hagbusses
  11. hagbut

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