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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

WEIRD, a. Skilled in witchcraft. [Not in use.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
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 [syn: eldritch, weird, uncanny, unearthly]
2: strikingly odd or unusual; "some trick of the moonlight; some weird effect of shadow"- Bram Stoker n
1: fate personified; any one of the three Weird Sisters [syn: Wyrd, Weird]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English wird, werd, from Old English wyrd; akin to Old Norse urthr fate, Old English weorthan to become — more at worth Date: before 12th century 1. fate, destiny; especially ill fortune 2. soothsayer II. adjective Date: 15th century 1. of, relating to, or caused by witchcraft or the supernatural ; magical 2. of strange or extraordinary character ; odd, fantastic • weirdly adverb • weirdness noun Synonyms: weird, eerie, uncanny mean mysteriously strange or fantastic. weird may imply an unearthly or supernatural strangeness or it may stress queerness or oddness <weird creatures from another world>. eerie suggests an uneasy or fearful consciousness that mysterious and malign powers are at work <an eerie calm preceded the bombing raid>. uncanny implies disquieting strangeness or mysteriousness <an uncanny resemblance between total strangers>.

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. & n. --adj. 1 uncanny, supernatural. 2 colloq. strange, queer, incomprehensible. 3 archaic connected with fate. --n. esp. Sc. archaic fate, destiny. Phrases and idioms: the weird sisters 1 the Fates. 2 witches. Derivatives: weirdly adv. weirdness n. Etymology: (earlier as noun) f. OE wyrd destiny f. Gmc

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.] 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Weird 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(weirder, weirdest) If you describe something or someone as weird, you mean that they are strange. (INFORMAL) He's different. He's weird... Drugs can make you do all kinds of weird things... It must be really weird to be rich... ADJ: oft it v-link ADJ to-inf/-ing

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. n. 1. Fate, destiny. 2. Spell, charm. 3. Prediction. II. a. 1. Skilled in witchcraft. 2. Supernatural, unearthly, wild.

Moby Thesaurus

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