banshee.
A female spirit, usually taking the form of a woman whose mournful wailing warns of an impending death.
Meaning & usage
A female spirit, usually taking the form of a woman whose mournful wailing warns of an impending death.
A noisy or ill-tempered woman.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Irish bean sí, from Old Irish ben síde (literally “woman of the fairy mound”). The term banshee entered English in 1771.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.