banshee

Definitions


[ˈbanʃiː], (Noun)

Definitions:
- (in Irish legend) a female spirit whose wailing warns of a death in a house
(e.g: the little girl dropped her ice cream and began to howl like a banshee)


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Origin:
late 17th century: from Irish bean sídhe, from Old Irish ben síde ‘woman of the fairies’




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