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crone

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5 lettersPronunciation /kɹoʊn/Part of speech nounSorted cenorStarts with CEnds with E0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. an ugly evil-looking old woman

Word origin

From Middle English crone, from Anglo-Norman carogne (compare central Old French charogne (a term of abuse, literally “carrion, carcass, old sheep, hag”), whence modern French charogne). Doublet of carrion.

Used in a sentence

  • But still the crone was constant to her note.
  • “And what is your name, crispy, old, wizened crone?” “Oh, my name's Helen.” “Hel-- Oh, just Helen. That's it. Just Helen?” “Helen the Magic Woman.” “And you can help me rid myself of this disgusting hex?” “Yes.”
  • With black unseeing eyes the old woman, the crone, stares at him and through him. Over and over she mutters a word that he cannot quite catch, something like Toomderoom.

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