harpy

== English == === Etymology === Ultimately from Middle French harpie, from Latin harpyia, from Ancient Greek ἅρπυιᾰ (hárpuiă, literally “snatcher”), from ἁρπάζω (harpázō, “I snatch, seize”). Compare rapacious. Middle English had arpie. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhɑɹpi/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhɑːpi/ Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)pi Hyphenation: har‧py === Noun === harpy (plural harpies) (mythology) A mythological creature generally depicted as a bird-of-prey with the head of a maiden, a face pale with hunger and long claws on her hands personifying the destructive power of storm winds. (derogatory) A shrewish woman. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:shrew One who is rapacious or ravenous; an extortioner. c. 1772, Oliver Goldsmith, letter to Mrs. Bunbury The harpies about me all pocket the pool. Any of a number of eagle-like birds of prey of the subfamily Harpiinae, especially the species Harpia harpyja. The European moor buzzard or marsh harrier (Circus aeruginosus). ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== harridan == Danish == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek ἅρπυιᾰ (hárpuiă). === Noun === harpy c (singular definite harpyen, plural indefinite harpyer) (Greek mythology) a harpy a harpy eagle (Harpia harpyja) Synonym: harpyørn ==== Declension ==== === References === “harpy” in Den Danske Ordbog == Turkmen == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhɑrpɯ/ === Noun === harpy definite accusative of harp