crone
/kɹoʊn/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.60 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An archetypal figure, a wise woman.
noun
An ugly, evil-looking, or frightening old woman; a hag.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "“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.”"
- "In traveling homeward, buy forty good crones, and fat up the bodies of those seely bones"
- "The old crone [a negro man] lived in a hovel, in the midst of a small patch of potatoes and Indian corn, which his master had given him on setting him free."
Etymology
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.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: crone, carogne
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /kɹoʊn/
- British English: /kɹəʊn/