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Weird   /wɪrd/   Listen
adjective
Weird  adj.  
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." "Those sweet, low tones, that seemed like a weird incantation."
Weird sisters, the Fates. (Scot.) Note: Shakespeare uses the term for the three witches in Macbeth. "The weird sisters, hand in hand, Posters of the sea and land."


noun
Weird  n.  
1.
Fate; destiny; one of the Fates, or Norns; also, a prediction. (Obs. or Scot.)
2.
A spell or charm. (Obs. or Scot.)


verb
Weird  v. t.  To foretell the fate of; to predict; to destine to. (Scot.)





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"Weird" Quotes from Famous Books



... more he thought about it the more Tom Swift thought there was something queer in that weird cry for help on the lonely meadow in the ...
— Tom Swift and his Air Scout - or, Uncle Sam's Mastery of the Sky • Victor Appleton
... land in one of those weird-looking craft If you like," said Irene, "but I am sure Mr. Fenshawe and I would prefer our own state barge. It is much more dignified, too, and I really think we ought to impress the natives. Don't you agree ...
— The Wheel O' Fortune • Louis Tracy
... interior of a small shop was impossible. There was nothing to palliate the crime. The tobacconist also kept the wolf from the door, and lured the juvenile population of the neighbourhood to it, by selling various weird brands of sweets, but it was only too obvious that Harrison was not after these. Guilt was in his eye, and the packet of cigarettes in his hand. Also Harrison's House cap was fixed firmly at the back of his ...
— Tales of St. Austin's • P. G. Wodehouse
... their dwellings the rabbits Deep in darkling retreats, This weird widow inhabits ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 103, October 29, 1892 • Various
... his whims. It sprang from his powerful hands in resolute and impetuous flight, whirred threateningly overhead, and returned to foot, fluttering and purring, as if endowed with affection for its unlovable master. None so mastered the missile; but for all his weird influence over it, he was subject to the restraints of another weapon which seldom left his hands. Is there not a spiritual law which imposes checks on the bombastic tricks of crude and cultured alike, or was it by force of gravity that the point of the dwarf's long and slender spear dipped into ...
— Tropic Days • E. J. Banfield


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