Definition of eldritch Eldritch
/ɛˈldɹɪʧ/ - [eldrich] - el•dritch
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Adjectiveeldritch, eldritcher, eldritchest |
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| 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 Kingsley | ||
| weird, uncanny, unearthly | ||
| supernatural not existing in nature or subject to explanation according to natural laws; not physical or material; "supernatural forces and occurrences and beings" | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- eldritch (a.)
Hideous; ghastly; as, an eldritch shriek or laugh.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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eldritch
el′drich, adj. (Scot.) weird, hideous. [Der. obscure: perh. conn. with elf.]
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