weird
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Definition
adj (English)
1. (archaic) Of or pertaining to the Fates.Synonyms: fateful, foreordained, predestined, destined, doomed, fated, fateful, fatidicarchaic
2. (archaic) Connected with fate or destiny; able to influence fate.archaic
3. (archaic) Of or pertaining to witches or witchcraft; supernatural; unearthly; suggestive of witches, witchcraft, or unearthliness; wild; uncanny.Examples: "Whiles I ſtood rapt in the wonder of it, came Miſſiues from the King, who all-hail'd me Thane of Cawdor, by which Title before, these weyward Sisters saluted me, and referr'd me to the comming on of time, with haile, King that ſhalt be."; "Those sweet, low tones, that seemed like a weird incantation."; "It may be in that dark hour at the burn-foot, before the spate caught her, she had been given grace to resist her adversary and fling herself upon God's mercy. And it would seem that it had been granted; for when he came to the Skerburnfoot, there in the corner sat the weird wife Alison, dead as a stone."Synonyms: witchish, witchlike, witchly, witchyarchaic
4. (archaic) Having supernatural or preternatural power.Examples: "There was a weird light shining above the hill."Synonyms: eerie, spooky, uncannyarchaic
noun (English)
1. (archaic) Fate; destiny; luck.Examples: "Step by reluctant step, he had come to know his weird. The North must be saved from her."; "In the weird of death shall the hapless be whelmed, and from Doom’s dark prison Shall she steal forth never again."Synonyms: kismet, lot, orlay, wyrd, chance, destin, destiny, doomarchaic
2. (obsolete, Scotland) A spell or charm.Examples: "Thou shalt bear thy penance lone In the Valley of Saint John, And this weird shall overtake thee"Synonyms: enchantmentScotlandobsolete
3. (archaic, in the plural, personification) The Fates.Synonyms: Nornsarchaicin-plural
4. (informal) Weirdness.Examples: "You know why it feels so good to be amongst real friends? They allow you to be your weird and love you for it. Imagine how it would feel to freely let your weird out and have the world love you for it."informal
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To destine; doom; change by witchcraft or sorcery.transitive
2. (transitive) To warn solemnly; adjure.transitive
adv (English)
1. (nonstandard) In a strange manner.Examples: "I waltzed into that club just as straight as a goose and I kept tripping over things and people were looking at me weird."; "Man, you're talking weird!"Synonyms: funny, strangely, weirdlynonstandardnot-comparable
Definition source: Wiktionary