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banshee

noun
/bænˈʃiː/

Etymology

Borrowed from Irish bean sí, from Old Irish ben síde (literally “woman of the fairy mound”). The term banshee entered English in 1771.

  1. derived from ben síde
  2. borrowed from bean sí

Definitions

  1. A female spirit, usually taking the form of a woman whose mournful wailing warns of an…

    A female spirit, usually taking the form of a woman whose mournful wailing warns of an impending death.

    • Late had he heard, in prophet's dream, / The fatal Ben-Shie's boding scream […].

  2. A noisy or ill-tempered woman.

    • Where's this old banshee that runs the place?

The neighborhood

Derived

bansheelike

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for banshee. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA