crone

noun

: a cruel or ugly old woman
… chocolate-colored rock formations that look like giant toadstools, fat old crones, and creatures from a bad dream.Elaine Jarvik

Examples of crone in a Sentence

The old crone lived alone. a run-down house that was inhabited by a cantankerous crone who kept to herself
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Popular culture’s usual parade of toothless codgers and crones increasingly seemed obsolete. Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024 As the moon passes through its phases, Ixchel passes through the phases of a woman’s life, from maiden to mother to crone. Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 14 Oct. 2024 From its use of camera angles and extreme close-ups to frame Sue's hypersexual appeal to the heinous prosthetics that transform Moore into a monstrous crone, writer-director Coralie Fargeat wants to hammer home the ugliness, objectification, and self-loathing perpetuated by female beauty standards. Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 7 Sep. 2024 The Witches concerns a conspiracy of demonic crones bent on eradicating kids altogether. Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 29 Feb. 2024 See all Example Sentences for crone 

Word History

Etymology

Middle English, a term of abuse, from Anglo-French caroine, charoine dead flesh — more at carrion

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of crone was in the 14th century

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“Crone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crone. Accessed 8 Dec. 2024.

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