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crone

See also: Crone

English

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Etymology

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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.

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Noun

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crone (plural crones)

  1. (archaic) An old woman.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:old woman
  2. An archetypal figure, a wise woman.
    • 2023 August 17, Jeremy Levick & Rajat Suresh, “Hybrid Creatures” (7:01 from the start), in What We Do in the Shadows‎[1], season 5, episode 7, spoken by Nadja of Antipaxos (Natasia Demetriou):
      “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.”
  3. An ugly, evil-looking, or frightening old woman; a hag.
    • 2005, J. M. Coetzee, “Six”, in Slow Man, New York: Viking, →ISBN, page 36:
      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.
    • 2023 July 20, Jake Bender & Zach Dunn, “Pride Parade” (22:07 from the start), in What We Do in the Shadows‎[2], season 5, episode 3, spoken by Nadja of Antipaxos (Natasia Demetriou):
      “Let's welcome the most beautiful girl I know and I've ever met. My good lady wife Nadja. Come on.” “Oh, she's right here. I've got her.” “I'm here.” “Quiet, crone! Hello, everyone. Thank you all so much for coming.”
  4. (obsolete) An old ewe.
    • 1557 February 13 (Gregorian calendar), Thomas Tusser, A Hundreth Good Pointes of Husbandrie, London: […] Richard Tottel, →OCLC; republished London: […] Robert Triphook, […], and William Sancho, […], 1810, →OCLC:
      In traveling homeward, buy forty good crones, and fat up the bodies of those seely bones
  5. (obsolete) An old man, especially one who talks and acts like an old woman.

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Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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From Old Dutch corōna, from Latin corōna. Doublet of crune.

Noun

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crône f

  1. crown, wreath

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Dutch: kroon
    • Afrikaans: kroon
    • → Indonesian: kerun
    • Negerhollands: kroon
  • Limburgish: kroean

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Middle English

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Noun

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crone

  1. Alternative form of crane (“crane”)
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