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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Hellkite #52909 01/15/2002 1:49 PM Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 1 othaphish stranger othaphish stranger Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 1 Has this word evolved (I forget the correct term for this) into "hellcat"? I watch wrestling a lot and I hear the announcers frequently refer to female characters who are particularly "feisty" as hellcats. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Hellkite #52910 01/15/2002 3:33 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass hellcat is more likely just hell + cat, possibly suggested by Hecate, the Greek goddess of witchcraft and stuff. Shakespeare used hellkite (lit. a kite from hell) in Macbeth: "All my pretty ones?..Oh *Hell-Kite! All? What, All my pretty Chickens?" a person of hellish cruelty? coincidence? well, hellcat and hell-kite found print in the same year! (1605) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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