weird

UK /ˈwɪə(ɹ)d/ US /ˈwiɚd/
adj 6noun 5verb 2adv 1

Definitions

adj

1

Having an unusually strange character or behaviour.

There are lots of weird people in this place.

2

Deviating from the normal; bizarre.

It was quite weird to bump into all my ex-girlfriends on the same day.

It was weird for him to watch boys play with Barbie dolls.

3

Relating to weird fiction ("a macabre subgenre of speculative fiction").

a weird story

In his introduction to the 1955 volume, [Ray] Bradbury singles out these stories as oddities in his canon — he wrote this kind of tale before his twenty-sixth birthday (1946), and rarely since. They are pure fantasy of the "weird" sort and include some of Bradbury's most striking pieces: "The Scythe" (1943), "The Lake" (1944), "The Jar" (1944), "Skeleton" (1945), and "The Small Assassin" (1946)

4

Of or pertaining to the Fates.

5

Connected with fate or destiny; able to influence fate.

noun

1

Fate; destiny; luck.

Step by reluctant step, he had come to know his weird. The North must be saved from her.

In the weird of death shall the hapless be whelmed, and from Doom’s dark prison Shall she steal forth never again.

2

A prediction.

3

A spell or charm.

Thou shalt bear thy penance lone, / In the Valley of Saint John, / And this weird shall overtake thee;— / Sleep, until a knight shall wake thee, / For feat of arms as far renowned / As warrior of the Table Round.

4

That which comes to pass; a fact.

5

The Fates.

verb

1

To destine; doom; change by witchcraft or sorcery.

2

To warn solemnly; adjure.

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