Weird
[wɪəd] or [wɪrd]
Definition
(adj.) strikingly odd or unusual; 'some trick of the moonlight; some weird effect of shadow'- Bram Stoker .
Editor: Madge--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Fate; destiny; one of the Fates, or Norns; also, a prediction.
(n.) A spell or charm.
(a.) Of or pertaining to fate; concerned with destiny.
(a.) Of or pertaining to witchcraft; caused by, or suggesting, magical influence; supernatural; unearthly; wild; as, a weird appearance, look, sound, etc.
(v. t.) To foretell the fate of; to predict; to destine to.
Editor: Moll
Definition
n. fate: that which comes to pass: a spell or charm.—adj. skilled in witchcraft: unearthly uncanny.—v.t. to destine doom adjure.—adv. Weird′ly.—n. Weird′ness.—Dree one's weird (see Dree).—The weird Sisters the Fates.
Checker: Merle
Examples
- The person of the house gave a weird little laugh here, and gave them another look out of the corners of her eyes. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Behind trailed the women, uttering strange cries and weird lamentation. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- She uttered the word with an eager look, and with strong emphasis, and with a weird smile that had a kind of boast in it. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Everyman must dree his weird, said Carriston, watering-pot in hand. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- This influence had become more harassing and decided, since partial insanity had given a strange, weird, unsettled cast to all her words and language. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Hagar, the witch, chanted an awful incantation over her kettleful of simmering toads, with weird effect. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Saving for the one weird smile at first, I should have felt almost sure that Miss Havisham's face could not smile. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- And then it laughed a weird and terrible laughter that froze the blood. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- We have had the most weird experiences since we were landed here. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- He was, indeed, a weird figure as he turned his white mane and his glowing eyes towards us. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
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