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.

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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)

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