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weird
English
Alternative forms
- weïrd, wierd (obsolete)
- weyard, weyward (obsolete, Shakespeare)
Etymology
From Middle English werde, wierde, wirde, wyrede, wurde, from Old English wyrd (“fate”), from Proto-West Germanic *wurdi, from Proto-Germanic *wurdiz, from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to turn, wind”). Cognate with Icelandic urður (“fate”). Related to Old English weorþan (“to become”). Doublet of wyrd. More at worth.
Weird was extinct by the 16th century in English. It survived in Scots, whence Shakespeare borrowed it in naming the Weird Sisters, reintroducing it to English. The senses "abnormal", "strange" etc. arose via reinterpretation of Weird Sisters and date from after this reintroduction.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?w??d/, /?wi??d/
- (US) IPA(key): /?wi?d/, /?w??d/
- Rhymes: -??(r)d
Adjective
weird (comparative weirder, superlative weirdest)
- Having an unusually strange character or behaviour.
- Deviating from the normal; bizarre.
- (archaic) Of or pertaining to the Fates.
- (Can we find and add a quotation to this entry?)
- (archaic) Connected with fate or destiny; able to influence fate.
- (archaic) Of or pertaining to witches or witchcraft; supernatural; unearthly; suggestive of witches, witchcraft, or unearthliness; wild; uncanny.
- Those sweet, low tones, that seemed like a weird incantation.
- 1912, Victor Whitechurch, Thrilling Stories of the Railway
- Naphtha lamps shed a weird light over a busy scene, for the work was being continued night and day. A score or so of sturdy navvies were shovelling and picking along the track.
- (archaic) Having supernatural or preternatural power.
Synonyms
- (having supernatural or preternatural power): eerie, spooky, uncanny
- (unusually strange in character or behaviour): odd, oddball, peculiar, strange, whacko; see also Thesaurus:insane
- (deviating from the normal): bizarre, fremd, odd, out of the ordinary, strange; see also Thesaurus:strange
- (of or pertaining to the Fates): fateful
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
weird (plural weirds)
- (archaic) Fate; destiny; luck.
- A prediction.
- (obsolete, Scotland) A spell or charm.
- 1813, Walter Scott, The Bridal of Triermain
- Thou shalt bear thy penance lone
In the Valley of Saint John,
And this weird shall overtake thee
- Thou shalt bear thy penance lone
- 1813, Walter Scott, The Bridal of Triermain
- That which comes to pass; a fact.
- (archaic, in the plural) The Fates (personified).
Synonyms
- (fate; destiny): kismet, lot, orlay, wyrd
- (luck): fortune, luck; see also Thesaurus:luck
- (prediction): foretale, foretelling, prognostication; see also Thesaurus:prediction
- (spell or charm): enchantment, incantation, cantrip
- (fact):
- (The Fates): The Norns
Derived terms
- dree one’s weird
- weirdless
Verb
weird (third-person singular simple present weirds, present participle weirding, simple past and past participle weirded)
- (transitive) To destine; doom; change by witchcraft or sorcery.
- (transitive) To warn solemnly; adjure.
Adverb
weird (not comparable)
- (nonstandard) In a strange manner. [from 1970s]
Usage notes
As an adverb, weird is only used to modify verbs, and is always positioned after the verb it modifies. Unlike weirdly it cannot modify an adjective (as in "She was weirdly generous.") or an entire sentence (as in "Weirdly, no-one spoke up.").
Synonyms
- funny (adverb), strangely, weirdly
Anagrams
- Dwire, wider, wierd, wired, wride, wried
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English weird.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wi?d/
Adjective
weird (plural weirds)
- (Quebec, Louisiana, informal) weird, bizarre.
Scots
Alternative forms
- wierd
Etymology
From Old English wyrd (“fate, destiny”), from Proto-Germanic *wurdiz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wird/, [wi?rd]
Noun
weird (plural weirds)
- fate, fortune, destiny, one's own particular fate or appointed lot
- event destined to happen, a god's decree, omen, prophecy, prediction
- wizard, warlock, one having deep or supernatural skill or knowledge
Derived terms
Adjective
weird (comparative mair weird, superlative maist weird)
- troublesome, mischievous, harmful
Verb
weird (third-person singular present weirds, present participle weirdin, past weirdit, past participle weirdit)
- to ordain by fate, destine, assign a specific fate or fortune to, allot
- to imprecate, invoke
- to prophesy, prognosticate the fate of, warn ominously
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capricious
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French capricieux, from Italian capriccioso, from capriccio.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k??p????s/
- Rhymes: -???s
Adjective
capricious (comparative more capricious, superlative most capricious)
- Impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim.
- Synonyms: arbitrary, whimsical, fickle
- Antonyms: conscientious, rigorous
Usage notes
- Capricious can describe both a person and the decisions they make.
Derived terms
- capriciously
Related terms
- caprice
Translations
Anagrams
- auriscopic
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