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witchy, a.|ˈwɪtʃɪ|
[f. witch n.2 + -y1.]
Having the nature of or resembling a witch; characteristic or suggestive of a witch.
1666Third Advice to a Painter 18 When he with Earthy Hounds, and Horn of Air, Pursues in Fountebleau the witchy Hare. 1903Contemp. Rev. Sept. 331 Thiers..looked not a man, but a witchy old woman in man's clothes. 1968S. Plath in Atlantic Monthly Sept. 54/2 Over the trees at the far side of the Common the..torch flare flattens and recovers under some witchy invisible push. 1975M. Drabble Realms of Gold iii. 241 It [sc. a figurine] had a witchy, androgynous, yet friendly look. 1976Listener 4 Nov. 590/2 The witchy black of the Grimm forests.
Add: Hence ˈwitchiness n., the quality or condition of being like a witch; also, a witch-like quality.
1965P. Wylie They both were Naked vi. 313 There is, there always was, a witchiness about her. 1984J. Updike Witches of Eastwick iii. 217 Jane's greater intensity and commitment to witchiness! Ibid. 262 You're losing your witchiness! |