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eldritch
el·dritch E0069600 (ĕl′drĭch)adj. Strange or unearthly; eerie.
[Perhaps Middle English *elriche : Old English el-, strange, other; see al- in Indo-European roots + Old English rīce, realm; see reg- in Indo-European roots.]eldritch (ˈɛldrɪtʃ) or eldrichadjpoetic Scot unearthly; weird[C16: perhaps from Old English ælf elf + rīce realm; see rich]el•dritch (ˈɛl drɪtʃ)
adj. eerie; weird; spooky. [1500–10; earlier elrich= Old English el- foreign, strange (see else) + rīce kingdom (see rich)] Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. |  eldritch - 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 Kingsleyuncanny, weird, unearthlysupernatural - not existing in nature or subject to explanation according to natural laws; not physical or material; "supernatural forces and occurrences and beings" |
eldritch
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