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hagridden

Postby Brazilian dude » Sat Oct 01, 2005 5:16 pm

hagridden
A adjective
1 hag-ridden, hagridden, tormented

tormented or harassed by nightmares or unreasonable fears; "hagridden...by visions of an imminent heaven or hell upon earth"- C.S.Lewis
http://www.wordreference.com/definition/hagridden

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Postby Stargzer » Sat Oct 01, 2005 9:35 pm

And the verb, I found out from your link, is hagride.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

hagride

SYLLABICATION: hag·ride

TRANSITIVE VERB: Inflected forms: hag·rode, hag·rid·den, hag·rid·ing, hag·rides

To torment or harass, especially with worry or dread: “a man hagridden by the future—haunted by visions of an imminent heaven or hell upon earth” (C.S. Lewis).


The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Given this info, Hagrid does not seem to be a fitting name for this gentle giant.
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Postby Brazilian dude » Sun Oct 02, 2005 10:20 am

Thank you, Stargzer.

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