hagridden

hagridden
hag-ridden hag"-rid`den, hagridden hag"rid`den(h[a^]g"r[i^]d`d'n), a. Ridden by a hag or witch; hence, afflicted with nightmares; tormented or harassed by nightmares or unreasonable fears. --Beattie. --Cheyne.

Syn: tormented. [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]

hagridden . . . by visions of an imminent heaven or hell upon earth --C. S. Lewis


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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