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hagseed en · NOUN

Etymology

From hag + seed.

Meanings

  1. (obsolete) The offspring of a hag.
    • Hag-seed, hence! Fetch us in fuel; and be quick, thou’rt best, To answer other business. 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 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:

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hagseeds Number=Plur lexicographic
hag-seed alternative lexicographic