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Eldritch
El′dritch
,Adj.
Hideous; ghastly;
as, an
. eldritch
shriek or laugh[Local, Eng.]
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eldritch
eldritch
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Adjective
eldritch (comparative more eldritch, superlative most eldritch)
- Unearthly, supernatural, eerie.
- 1790, Robert Burns, Tam o' Shanter:
- So Maggie runs, the witches follow,
Wi' mony an eldritch skriech and hollo.
- So Maggie runs, the witches follow,
- 1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter, chapter VII:
- Pearl, in utter scorn of her mother's attempt to quiet her, gave an eldritch scream, and then became silent.
- 1790, Robert Burns, Tam o' Shanter: