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Harpy
[ hahr-pee ]
noun
- Classical Mythology. a ravenous, filthy monster having a woman's head and a bird's body.
- (lowercase) a scolding, nagging, bad-tempered woman; shrew.
- (lowercase) a greedy, predatory person.
harpy
1/ ˈhɑːpɪ /
noun
- a cruel grasping woman
Harpy
2/ ˈhɑːpɪ /
noun
- Greek myth a ravenous creature with a woman's head and trunk and a bird's wings and claws
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- harpy·like adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Harpy1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Harpy1
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Example Sentences
She turned upon the intruder with a curse, but Azalea had been right in believing that gold would loosen the old harpy's tongue.
A feather duster was stuck in for a tail, and his woolly head gave him the uncanny look of a black harpy.
There was the whole crew of the Harpy sloop, taken off here, treated in that way—that I know of to a certainty.
And the little girl struck and scratched and made a curdled face and echoed, “Harpy, your own self!”
"That harpy hopes to fleece us," said Dalrymple, slipping his arm through mine and drawing me towards the roulette table.
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