eerie, eery
(adjective) inspiring a feeling of fear; strange and frightening; āan uncomfortable and eerie stillness in the woodsā; āan eerie midnight howlā
eerie
(adjective) suggestive of the supernatural; mysterious; āan eerie feeling of deja vuā
Source: WordNet® 3.1
eerie (comparative eerier, superlative eeriest)
Strange, weird, fear-inspiring.
Synonyms: creepy, spooky
(Scotland) Frightened, timid.
• See also strange
Source: Wiktionary
Ee"rie, Ee"ry, a. Etym: [Scotch, fr. AS. earh timid.]
1. Serving to inspire fear, esp. a dread of seeing ghosts; wild; weird; as, eerie stories. She whose elfin prancer springs By night to eery warblings. Tennyson.
2. Affected with fear; affrighted. Burns.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., āthe father of the brideā instead of āthe brideās fatherā
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be ādancingā after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. Thatās how the first coffee drink was born.
