hagborn

English

Alternative forms

• hag-born, hag-borne

Etymology

hag +‎ born

Adjective

hagborn (not comparable)

1. (archaic) Born of a hag or witch.
   • 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii], page 4:

     Pro. […] Then was this Iſland / (Saue for the Son, that he^[sic] did littour heere, / A frekelld whelpe, hag-borne) not honour'd with / A humane ſhape.

   • 1879, Augustus B. Wood, Cupid on Crutches, Or, One Summer at Narragansett Pier, page 113:

     Out, thou freckled whelp ! thou hagborn ! Out, I say !

   • 1946, Francis P. Scannell, In Line of Duty, page 39:

     The hagborn creature came up to the captain and raised his right hand, palm out, in a rough salute.

   • 1982, The Granta, page 96:

     Ned bites his thumb at her. 'Screw you and your mother and your hagborn dropsical brood, you scrofulous tit-sore slut!' he shouts, already beginning to feel better.

Further reading

• “hagborn”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• hornbag