"hellcat" meaning in All languages combined

See hellcat on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: hellcats [plural]
Etymology: From hell + cat. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|hell|cat}} hell + cat Head templates: {{en-noun}} hellcat (plural hellcats)
  1. A witch. Synonyms (witch): magician Translations (witch): вещица (veštica) [feminine] (Bulgarian), heks (Dutch)
    Sense id: en-hellcat-en-noun-R2YIJOb3 Disambiguation of 'witch': 100 0 0 Disambiguation of 'witch': 100 0 0
  2. A spiteful and violent person, especially a woman. Synonyms (spiteful woman): shrew Translations (spiteful and violent woman): фурия (furija) [feminine] (Bulgarian)
    Sense id: en-hellcat-en-noun-Luroqkzr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Dutch translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 45 46 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 5 58 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 56 39 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 69 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 4 61 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 4 67 29 Disambiguation of 'spiteful woman': 0 100 0 Disambiguation of 'spiteful and violent woman': 0 97 3
  3. (fantasy) A demonic cat of hell. Categories (topical): Fantasy
    Sense id: en-hellcat-en-noun-k9Aft5FE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 45 46 Topics: fantasy

Inflected forms

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