weird
weird is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.A spell or charm. [Obs. or Scot.] Sir W. Scott.
- 2.Of or pertaining to fate; concerned with destiny.
- 3.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.
- 4.To foretell the fate of; to predict; to destine to. [Scot.] Jamieson.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abracadabra
- absurdity
- agnus
- amulet
- and
- anticlimax
- awkward
- baroque
- bathos
- bear
- bell
- bizarre
- bombast
- bombastic
- book
- buffoonery
- burlesque
- cabala
- caduceus
- candle
- cantrap
- cap
- charm
- charmer
- clairvoyant
- comedy
- comical
- comicality
- commit
- conjuror
- contemptible
- countercharm
- cunning
- dancing
- derisive
- divining
- doggerel
- droll
- drollery
- drollish
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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