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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.
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- (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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irregular
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French irreguler, from Medieval Latin or Late Latin irr?gul?ris, from in- + regularis, equivalent to ir- +? regular.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?????j?l?/
Adjective
irregular (comparative more irregular, superlative most irregular)
- nonstandard; not conforming to rules or expectations
- (of a surface) rough
- without symmetry, regularity, or uniformity
- (geometry, of a polygon) not regular; having sides that are not equal or angles that are not equal
- (geometry, of a polyhedron) whose faces are not all regular polygons (or are not equally inclined to each other)
- (grammar, of a word) not following the regular or expected patterns of inflection in a given language
Synonyms
- (nonstandard): abnormal, singular; see also Thesaurus:strange
- (rough): coarse, salebrous; see also Thesaurus:rough
- (without uniformity): unstable, unsteady; see also Thesaurus:unsteady
- (not following the regular patterns of inflection): heteroclite
Antonyms
- regular
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
irregular (plural irregulars)
- A soldier who is not a member of an official military force and who may not use regular army tactics.
- One who does not regularly attend a venue.
Translations
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin irr?gul?ris.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /i.r?.?u?la/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /i.re.?u?la?/
Adjective
irregular (masculine and feminine plural irregulars)
- irregular
- Antonym: regular
Derived terms
- irregularment
Related terms
- irregularitat
Further reading
- “irregular” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “irregular” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “irregular” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “irregular” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Galician
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin irr?gul?ris.
Adjective
irregular m or f (plural irregulares)
- irregular
- Antonym: regular
Related terms
- irregularidade
Further reading
- “irregular” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin irr?gul?ris.
Adjective
irregular m or f (plural irregulares, comparable)
- irregular; nonstandard
- (grammar) irregular (not following an inflectional paradigm)
Antonyms
- regular
Derived terms
- irregularmente
Related terms
- irregularidade
Further reading
- “irregular” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin irr?gul?ris.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ire?u?la?/, [i.re.??u?la?]
Adjective
irregular (plural irregulares)
- irregular, uneven, erratic, haphazard
- patchy, spotty, jagged, ragged
- fitful
- (grammar) (of a verb etc.) irregular
- Antonym: regular
Derived terms
- verbo irregular
Related terms
- irregularidad
- regular
Further reading
- “irregular” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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