Abishag

English

Etymology

From Hebrew אבישג (“Avishag”, literally “Father of error” or “the Father wanders”), from אבי (avi, “father of; my father”) and שגג (shagag, “to go astray; to err; to sin”).

Noun

Abishag (plural Abishags)

  1. (archaic, thieves' cant, uncommon) The illegitimate child of an unmarried woman and a married man.

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