banshee

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A female spirit, usually taking the form of a woman whose mournful wailing warns of an impending death.
A noisy or ill-tempered woman.

/bænˈʃiː/ /ˈbænʃiː/ en-us-banshee.ogg

banshee banshees banshie benshee

Borrowed from Irish bean sí, from Old Irish ben síde (literally “woman of the fairy mound”). The term banshee entered English in 1771.

sidhe

bansheelike

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