weird

Noun · Adjective
Synonyms: WyrdWeirdeldritchuncannyunearthly

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. fate personified; any one of the three Weird SistersSynonyms: WyrdWeird

Adjective (2)

  1. 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: eldritchuncannyunearthly
  2. strikingly odd or unusual“some trick of the moonlight; some weird effect of shadow — Bram Stoker”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Weird \Weird\, v. t. To foretell the fate of; to predict; to destine to. [Scot.] --Jamieson. [1913 Webster]
Weird \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.] [1913 Webster]

1.Fate; destiny; one of the Fates, or Norns; also, a prediction. [Obs. or Scot.] [1913 Webster]

2.A spell or charm. [Obs. or Scot.] --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]

Weird \Weird\, a. [1913 Webster]

1.Of or pertaining to fate; concerned with destiny. [1913 Webster]

2.Of or pertaining to witchcraft; caused by, or suggesting, magical influence; supernatural; unearthly; wild; as, a weird appearance, look, sound, etc. [1913 Webster]

Myself too had weird seizures.— Tennyson.[1913 Webster]
Those sweet, low tones, that seemed like a weird incantation.— Longfellow.[1913 Webster]

Weird sisters, the Fates. [Scot.] --G. Douglas. [1913 Webster]

Note: Shakespeare uses the term for the three witches in Macbeth. [1913 Webster]

The weird sisters, hand in hand, Posters of the sea and land.— Shak.[1913 Webster]
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