eldritch
[el-drich]
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adjective
eerie; weird; spooky.
Also el·drich; el·ritch [el-rich] /ˈɛl rɪtʃ/.
Origin of eldritch
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Historical Examples of eldritch
She broke off, and shuddered violently, then burst into eldritch laughter.
Prisoners of HopeMary Johnston
Jacky, with her eldritch voice, had attempted to sing Bessie Bell in her honor—and to leave it all!
MerklandMrs. Oliphant
It is hardly possible to exaggerate the weird fascination and eldritch charm of this once dreaded, ill-omened place.
The Roof of FranceMatilda Betham-Edwards
And the woman, whose voice had risen to a kind of eldritch sing-song, turned with a skip, and was gone.
KidnappedRobert Louis Stevenson
And the wind burst upon us again, catching my empty denial and tossing the words to upper air with eldritch laughter.
Lords of the NorthA. C. Laut
eldritch
eldrich
adjective
Word Origin for eldritch
C16: perhaps from Old English ælf elf + rīce realm; see rich
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