crone

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  1. noun An ugly, withered old woman; a hag.

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  • "When Anann comes as a crone," she asked, "how does the… WerenArl appear?" —  The Flight of the Wren
  • A crone is a granny, an old woman who has outlived the years of traditional female service, and has earned the right to be rude, and the rudeness to be forthright. —  BETTER TO HAVE LOVED
  • However, as busy and industrious as this crone was, she loved her daughter, and took time one day to give her good advice. —  Harpy Thyme
  • Which meant the crone was an excellent judge of character; that man was definitely dangerous Luck, he'd often noticed, visited in multiples. —  Stephanie Laurens - A Fine Passion
  • The red marble proves that the old crone is a secret agent--one of my enemies The general wiped a slight dew of perspiration off his forehead. —  016 - The King Maker
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  1. Middle English, from Old North French carogne, carrion, cantankerous woman, from Vulgar Latin *carōnia, carrion, from Latin carō, carn-, flesh; see sker-1 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Early modern English also croane, from Middle English crone, an old woman; cf. Old Dutch kronie, an old ewe. Origin unknown; hardly, as some suggest, from Irish crion, dry, withered, old, sage, = Gaelic crion, dry, withered, mean, etc.; Irish crionaim, I wither, = Gaelic crion, wither, = Welsh crinio, wither. See crony.
 

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