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eldritch

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el·dritch  (ldrch)
adj.
Strange or unearthly; eerie.
[Perhaps Middle English *elriche : Old English el-, strange, other; see al-1 in Indo-European roots + Old English rce, realm; see reg- in Indo-European roots.]
eldritch
Adjective
Poetic, Scot unearthly or weird [origin unknown]
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Adj.1.eldritcheldritch - 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
uncanny, weird, unearthly
supernatural - not existing in nature or subject to explanation according to natural laws; not physical or material; "supernatural forces and occurrences and beings"


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Pearl, in utter scorn of her mother's attempt to quiet her, gave an eldritch scream, and then became silent, not from any motion of obedience, but because the quick and mobile curiosity of her disposition was excited by the appearance of those new personages.
The Scarlet Letter by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
And the woman, whose voice had risen to a kind of eldritch sing-song, turned with a skip, and was gone.
Kidnapped by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context
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