hellcat

noun
/ˈhɛlˌkæt/US

Etymology

From hell + cat.

  1. derived from catta
  2. derived from cattus
  3. inherited from *kattuz
  4. inherited from *kattu
  5. inherited from catt
  6. inherited from cat
  7. compounded as hellcat — “hell + cat

Definitions

  1. A witch.

  2. A spiteful and violent person, especially a woman.

  3. A demonic cat of hell.

    • “These hellcats…they’re not the cute, fluffy kind that Caim and Seth played fetch with. They’e bigger and louder. Like dragons with lion heads.” / That was the second mention of hellcats that looked like lions.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for hellcat. 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