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hellkite

noun

Etymology

From hell + kite, with the rapacious implication of kite (“bird of prey”).

  1. derived from *gʷet-✻
  2. inherited from *kweþuz✻
  3. inherited from *cyde✻
  4. inherited from *kid✻
  5. derived from *kūtiz✻
  6. derived from kýta — “bag, stomach (of a fish)”
  7. derived from kitte
  8. inherited from kit
  9. compounded as hellkite — “hell + kite”

Definitions

  1. A person who is cruel and wicked, like a devil.

    • O hellkite!

The neighborhood

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