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bansheelike

adj

Etymology

From banshee + -like.

  1. derived from ben síde
  2. borrowed from bean sí
  3. suffixed as bansheelike — “banshee + like”

Definitions

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a banshee.

    • ... only when he, crowned in cockle shells with slitherin’ tentacle tail and steaming beard take up his fell befinned arm, his coral-tine trident screeches banshee-like in the tempest and plunges right through yer gullet ...

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