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weird sisters

plural noun



weird sisters

plural noun

  1. See Fates
    another name for Fates
  2. See Norn
    Norse myth the Norns See Norn 1


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Word History and Origins

Origin of weird sisters1

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400

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Example Sentences

Such weird sisters as Lady Hester generally tell only half, leaving the rest to imagination and to time.

The sudden appearance of him who answered the incantations of the weird sisters could not produce a greater panic.

However, their designation as Weird Sisters fully settles the case of their Germanic origin.

The young people voted the party a "grand success," and the two weird sisters the most bewitching of all the witches.

The Weird Sisters danced round their magic caldron, hideous, anomalous, and immortal!

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