witchinessn.
/ˈwɪtʃɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈwɪtʃinᵻs/ The quality of resembling or being reminiscent of a witch; a witchlike quality. Also: the fact or condition of being a witch.
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witchdom1840
haggishness1846
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1908 D. R. Burdorf Compar. Shakespeare's & Schiller's Macbeth (M. Lett. thesis, Univ. Calif. Berkeley) iv. 27 The weird witchiness of the incantation in Shakespeare.
1965 P. Wylie They both were Naked vi. 313 There is, there always was, a witchiness about her.
1984 J. Updike Witches of Eastwick iii. 217 Jane's greater intensity and commitment to witchiness!
1999 Guardian 6 Feb. (Saturday section) 8/1 And then there is the slightly fey and embarrassing witchiness.
2003 New Witch Oct. 64 I don't dwell on my witchiness any more than J.D. harps on being a rockergrrrl.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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