hellkite
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
hell + kite, with the rapacious implication of kite (“bird of prey”).
Noun[edit]
hellkite (plural hellkites)
- A person who is cruel and wicked, like a devil.
- 1606, Shakespeare, Macbeth, IV.iii.217:
- O hellkite!
Further reading[edit]
- “hellkite”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.