weird sisters

plural noun

1. The Fates.

weird sisters

plural noun

1. another name for Fates
2. Norse myth the Norns See Norn 1

Word History and Origins

Origin of weird sisters¹

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400

Example Sentences

Such weird sisters as Lady Hester generally tell only half, leaving the rest to imagination and to time.

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The sudden appearance of him who answered the incantations of the weird sisters could not produce a greater panic.

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However, their designation as Weird Sisters fully settles the case of their Germanic origin.

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The young people voted the party a "grand success," and the two weird sisters the most bewitching of all the witches.

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The Weird Sisters danced round their magic caldron, hideous, anomalous, and immortal!

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