hagseed

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noun

The offspring of a hag.

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Meanings

nounhagseed (plural hagseeds)

plural hagseeds · alternative hag-seed

  1. obsoleteThe 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]

Origin

From hag + seed.

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