crone
crone (kr
n)
n.
An ugly, withered old woman; a hag.
[Middle English, from Old North French carogne, carrion, cantankerous woman, from Vulgar Latin *carnia, carrion, from Latin car, carn-, flesh; see sker-1 in Indo-European roots.]
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| Noun | 1. | crone – an ugly evil-looking old woman
old woman – a woman who is old
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