About The Word Weird
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What's The Definition Of Weird?
[n] Fate personified; one of the Three Weird Sisters
[adj] strikingly odd or unusual; "some trick of the moonlight; some weird effect of shadow"- Bram Stoker [adj] suggesting the operation of supernatural influences; "an eldritch screech"; "the three weird sisters"; "stumps...had uncanny shapes as of monstrous creatures"- John Galsworthy; "an unearthly light"; "he could hear the unearthly scream of some curlew piercing the din"- Henry Kingsley Synonyms | Synonyms for Weird: eldritch | strange | supernatural | uncanny | unearthly | unusual | Wyrd Related Terms | Find terms related to Weird: See Also | Anglo-Saxon deity Weird In Webster's Dictionary \Weird\ (w[=e]rd), n. [OE. wirde, werde, AS. wyrd fate,
fortune, one of the Fates, fr. weor[eth]an to be, to become;
akin to OS. wurd fate, OHG. wurt, Icel. ur[eth]r. [root]143.
See {Worth} to become.]
1. Fate; destiny; one of the Fates, or Norns; also, a
prediction. [Obs. or Scot.]
2. A spell or charm. [Obs. or Scot.] --Sir W. Scott.
\Weird\, a. 1. Of or pertaining to fate; concerned with destiny. 2. Of or pertaining to witchcraft; caused by, or suggesting, magical influence; supernatural; unearthly; wild; as, a weird appearance, look, sound, etc. Myself too had weird seizures. --Tennyson. Those sweet, low tones, that seemed like a weird incantation. --Longfellow. {Weird sisters}, the Fates. [Scot.] --G. Douglas. Note: Shakespeare uses the term for the three witches in Macbeth. The weird sisters, hand in hand, Posters of the sea and land. --Shak. \Weird\, v. t. To foretell the fate of; to predict; to destine to. [Scot.] --Jamieson. |
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