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WEIRD
weird
(adjective) strikingly odd or unusual; “some trick of the moonlight; some weird effect of shadow”- Bram Stoker
eldritch, weird, uncanny, unearthly
(adjective) 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
Wyrd, Weird
(noun) fate personified; any one of the three Weird Sisters
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
weird (comparative weirder, superlative weirdest)
Having an unusually strange character or behaviour.
Deviating from the normal; bizarre.
(archaic) Of or pertaining to the Fates.
(archaic) Connected with fate or destiny; able to influence fate.
(archaic) Of or pertaining to witches or witchcraft; supernatural; unearthly; suggestive of witches, witchcraft, or unearthliness; wild; uncanny.
(archaic) Having supernatural or preternatural power.
Synonyms
• (having supernatural or preternatural power): eerie, spooky, uncanny
• (unusually strange in character or behaviour): odd, oddball, peculiar, strange, whacko; see also insane
• (deviating from the normal): bizarre, fremd, odd, out of the ordinary, strange; see also strange
• (of or pertaining to the Fates): fateful
Noun
weird (plural weirds)
(archaic) Fate; destiny; luck.
A prediction.
(obsolete, Scotland) A spell or charm.
That which comes to pass; a fact.
(archaic, in the plural) The Fates (personified).
Synonyms
• (fate; destiny): kismet, lot, orlay, wyrd
• (luck): fortune, luck; see also luck
• (prediction): foretale, foretelling, prognostication; see also prediction
• (spell or charm): enchantment, incantation, cantrip
• (fact)
• (The Fates): The Norns
Verb
weird (third-person singular simple present weirds, present participle weirding, simple past and past participle weirded)
(transitive) To destine; doom; change by witchcraft or sorcery.
(transitive) To warn solemnly; adjure.
Anagrams
• Dwire, wider, wierd, wired, wride, wried
Etymology
Coined 2010.
Adjective
WEIRD (not comparable)
(acronym) Abbreviation of Western, educated, industrialized, rich and democratic.
Anagrams
• Dwire, wider, wierd, wired, wride, wried
Source: Wiktionary
Weird, n. Etym: [OE. wirde, werde, AS. wyrd fate, fortune, one of the Fates, fr. weor to be, to become; akin to OS. wurd fate, OHG. wurt, Icel. ur. 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.
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.
Weird, v. t.
Definition: To foretell the fate of; to predict; to destine to. [Scot.] Jamieson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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