hellcat

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hellcat

/ˈhɛlˌkæt/ US

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From hell + cat.

noun hellcats

A witch.
Similar: magician
A spiteful and violent person, especially a woman.
Similar: shrew
A demonic cat of hell. The hellfire abilities were reserved for special kinds of demons. Hellcats, demon princes, and—you guessed it—hellhounds. / Of the three, Vanessa would prefer to not deal with the hellhounds. Unlike hellcats and demon princes, they had the worst attitude, and they usually traveled in small groupings

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@misc{hellcat_2026,
  title = {hellcat},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hellcat},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}