English Dictionary
◊ WEIRD
weird
adj 1: 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 [syn: {eldritch}, {uncanny},
{unearthly}]
2: strikingly odd or unusual; "some trick of the moonlight;
some weird effect of shadow"- Bram Stoker
n : Fate personified; one of the Three Weird Sisters [syn: {Wyrd},
{Weird}]