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eldritch

[ el-drich ]

adjective

  1. eerie; weird; spooky.


eldritch

/ ˈɛldrɪtʃ /

adjective

  1. poetic.
    unearthly; weird


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Word History and Origins

Origin of eldritch1

First recorded in 1500–10; earlier elrich, elphrish; of disputed origin: probably elf + Middle English riche “realm, kingdom”

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Word History and Origins

Origin of eldritch1

C16: perhaps from Old English ælf elf + rīce realm; see rich

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Example Sentences

The injured and indignant animal gave vent to a succession of eldritch screams.

And the woman, whose voice had risen to a kind of eldritch sing-song, turned with a skip, and was gone.

The gossipy gables of the old houses lean toward each other like peaked eldritch faces in fluted red caps.

An eldritch laugh at a little window, which communicated with the street, at this moment electrified the speaker.

I thought as I came alang I had a sort of a feeling as of a wraith nigh about me—a lang, eldritch sort o' a form i' the mist.'

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