hellkite

English

Etymology

From hell +‎ kite, with the rapacious implication of kite (“bird of prey”).

Noun

hellkite (plural hellkites)

1. A person who is cruel and wicked, like a devil.
   • 1606, Shakespeare, Macbeth, IV.iii.217:

     O hellkite!

Further reading

• “hellkite”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.