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hellkite (HEL-kyt) noun
An extremely cruel person. [From Middle English hell (a place of misery) + kite (a person who preys on others).] "So the old hellkite, Charlie's ex-wife Sarabeth, is in for a surprise visit in the middle of her holiday dinner." Janet Maslin, One Cold Night of Broken Neon and Shady Dives, The New York Times, Nov 6, 2000. This week's theme: words to describe people. Today's AWAD is sponsored by NannyTax, Inc., providing tax compliance services to employers of domestic help. For useful information and a free consultation, please visit: http://www.nannytax.com AND GAX, which provides web solutions ranging from web sites to the GAX~thinX content management system. For more information, visit GAX at http://gax.com ............................................................................ Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children. -Kahlil Gibran, mystic, poet and artist (1883-1931) AWAD on your Website: http://wordsmith.org/awad/add.html Gift subscription: http://wordsmith.org/awad/gift.html Bulletin board: http://wordsmith.org/board AWAD archives: http://wordsmith.org/awad/archives.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/hellkite.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/hellkite.ram
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