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   weird

   /wɪəd/

   adjective

   • 1. suggesting something supernatural; unearthly: "weird, inhuman sounds" Similar uncannyeerieunnaturalpreternaturalsupernaturalunearthlyother-worldlyunrealghostlymysteriousmystifyingstrangeabnormalunusualeldritchinformal:creepyspookyfreakyrumOpposite normalordinary
   • ▪ very strange; bizarre: informal "a weird coincidence" Similar bizarreoffbeatquirkyoutlandisheccentricunconventionalunorthodoxidiosyncraticsurrealcrazyabsurdgrotesquepeculiaroddcuriousstrangequeercrankyfreakishinsanezanymadcapoff-centrefar outalternativeoutréinformal:wackyfreakyway-outrumwackooff the wallin left fieldbizarroOpposite conventional
   • 2. connected with fate. archaic

   noun

   • 1. a person's destiny. archaic Scottish

   verb

   • 1. induce a sense of disbelief or alienation in someone: informal North American "blue eyes weirded him out, and Ivan's were especially creepy"

   Word Origin Old Englishwyrd ‘destiny’, of Germanic origin. The adjective (late Middle English) originally meant ‘having the power to control destiny’, and was used especially in the Weird Sisters, originally referring to the Fates, later the witches in Shakespeare's Macbeth; the latter use gave rise to the sense ‘unearthly’ (early 19th century).

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