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Word: Banshee
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 17th century: from Irish bean sídhe, from Old Irish ben síde ‘woman of the fairies’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈbanʃiː
Dialects: British English
Definition:
(in Irish legend) a female spirit whose wailing warns of a death in a house
Short Definition:female spirit whose wailing warns of death in house
Examples:- the little girl dropped her ice cream and began to howl like a banshee
- a horrible banshee wail
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