WEIRD
\wˈi͡əd], \wˈiəd], \w_ˈiə_d]\
Definitions of WEIRD
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
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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
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Fate personified; one of the Three Weird Sisters
By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Fate; destiny; one of the Fates, or Norns; also, a prediction.
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A spell or charm.
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Of or pertaining to witchcraft; caused by, or suggesting, magical influence; supernatural; unearthly; wild; as, a weird appearance, look, sound, etc.
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To foretell the fate of; to predict; to destine to.
By Oddity Software
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Fate; destiny; one of the Fates, or Norns; also, a prediction.
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A spell or charm.
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Of or pertaining to witchcraft; caused by, or suggesting, magical influence; supernatural; unearthly; wild; as, a weird appearance, look, sound, etc.
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To foretell the fate of; to predict; to destine to.
By Noah Webster.
By Daniel Lyons
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Of or pertaining to fate or to witchcraft; hence, uncanny or unearthly; strange and mysterious.
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Weirdly.
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Weirdness.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Pertaining to witchcraft; unnatural; awakening superstitious feeling; uncanny.
By James Champlin Fernald
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