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weird adjective. LME.
[Orig. attrib. use of WEIRD noun in weird sisters (see sense 1 below).]
Having or claiming preternatural power to control the fate or destiny of human beings etc. LME.
weird sisters (a) the Fates; (b) witches, esp. those in Shakespeare's Macbeth.
Shelley Like some weird Archimage sit I, Plotting dark spells.
Partaking or suggestive of fate or the supernatural, unearthly, eerie; unaccountably or uncomfortably strange; queer, uncanny. E19.
S. Smiles Awakened by a weird and unearthly moaning.
Orig., out of the ordinary, strange, unusual, esp. in appearance. Now also freq. gen., odd, bizarre, incomprehensible. E19.
weird and wonderful (freq. iron. or derog.) marvellous in a strange or eccentric way; both remarkable and peculiar or unfathomable; exotic, outlandish.
English Historical Review 'Guacciadim'..is a weird misprint for Guicciardini. C. Blackwood My grandmother's behaviour became increasingly weird and unbalanced. G. Swift I don't understand...I mean that's really weird, isn't it?
weirdish adjective M19.
weirdity noun a weird thing, esp. a weird characteristic (usu. in pl.) M20.
weirdly adverb M19.
weirdness noun M19.