croneとは

意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (General American) IPA^(key): /kɹoʊn/
• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /kɹəʊn/
  • 韻: -əʊn
  • Homophone: crosne

名詞

crone (複数形 crones)

1. (archaic) An old woman.
   • 1700, [John] Dryden, “The Wife of Bathe’s Tale. As it was Written by Geffrey Chaucer”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, […], OCLC 228732415:

     But still the crone was constant to her note.

2. An archetypal figure, a Wise Woman.
3. An ugly, evil-looking, or frightening old woman; a hag.
4. (obsolete) An old ewe.

   (Can we find かつ add a quotation of Tusser to this entry?)

5. (obsolete) An old man, especially one who talks and acts like an old woman.
   • 1822 May 21, Geoffrey Crayon [pseudonym; Washington Irving], “The Haunted House”, in Bracebridge Hall, or The Humourists. A Medley. […], volume II, New York, N.Y.: […] C. S. Van Winkle, […], OCLC 1141021983, page 210:

     The old crone [a negro man] lived in a hovel, in the midst of a small patch of potatoes and Indian corn, which his master had given him on setting him free.

   • 1844, Benjamin Disraeli, Coningsby

     A few old battered crones of office.

同意語

• See also Thesaurus:old woman