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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Weird \Weird\, a.
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     1. Of or pertaining to fate; concerned with destiny.
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     2. Of or pertaining to witchcraft; caused by, or suggesting,
        magical influence; supernatural; unearthly; wild; as, a
        weird appearance, look, sound, etc.
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              Myself too had weird seizures.        --Tennyson.
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              Those sweet, low tones, that seemed like a weird
              incantation.                          --Longfellow.
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     Weird sisters, the Fates. [Scot.] --G. Douglas.
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     Note: Shakespeare uses the term for the three witches in
           Macbeth.
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                 The weird sisters, hand in hand,
                 Posters of the sea and land.       --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Weird \Weird\ (w[=e]rd), n. [OE. wirde, werde, AS. wyrd fate,
     fortune, one of the Fates, fr. weor[eth]an to be, to become;
     akin to OS. wurd fate, OHG. wurt, Icel. ur[eth]r. [root]143.
     See Worth to become.]
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     1. Fate; destiny; one of the Fates, or Norns; also, a
        prediction. [Obs. or Scot.]
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     2. A spell or charm. [Obs. or Scot.] --Sir W. Scott.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Weird \Weird\, v. t.
     To foretell the fate of; to predict; to destine to. [Scot.]
     --Jamieson.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Weird \Weird\ (w[=e]rd), n. [OE. wirde, werde, AS. wyrd fate,
     fortune, one of the Fates, fr. weor[eth]an to be, to become;
     akin to OS. wurd fate, OHG. wurt, Icel. ur[eth]r. [root]143.
     See Worth to become.]
     1. Fate; destiny; one of the Fates, or Norns; also, a
        prediction. [Obs. or Scot.]
  
     2. A spell or charm. [Obs. or Scot.] --Sir W. Scott.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Weird \Weird\, a.
     1. Of or pertaining to fate; concerned with destiny.
  
     2. Of or pertaining to witchcraft; caused by, or suggesting,
        magical influence; supernatural; unearthly; wild; as, a
        weird appearance, look, sound, etc.
  
              Myself too had weird seizures.        --Tennyson.
  
              Those sweet, low tones, that seemed like a weird
              incantation.                          --Longfellow.
  
     Weird sisters, the Fates. [Scot.] --G. Douglas.
  
     Note: Shakespeare uses the term for the three witches in
           Macbeth.
  
                 The weird sisters, hand in hand, Posters of the
                 sea and land.                      --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Weird \Weird\, v. t.
     To foretell the fate of; to predict; to destine to. [Scot.]
     --Jamieson.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  weird
       adj 1: suggesting the operation of supernatural influences; "an
              eldritch screech"; "the three weird sisters";
              "stumps...had uncanny shapes as of monstrous
              creatures"- John Galsworthy; "an unearthly light"; "he
              could hear the unearthly scream of some curlew
              piercing the din"- Henry Kingsley [syn: eldritch, uncanny,
               unearthly]
       2: strikingly odd or unusual; "some trick of the moonlight;
          some weird effect of shadow"- Bram Stoker
       n : Fate personified; one of the three Weird Sisters [syn: Wyrd]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  weird
     Αγγλικά a.
     1 αλλόκοτος, υπερφυσικός, παράξενος, ιδιόρρυθμος
     2 (μτφρ) (οικ) « φοβερός », « φανταστικός », καταπληκτικός

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  weird
     French a.
     (lb fr Quebec Louisiana informal) (l en weird), bizarre
     Middle English n.
     (alt form enm werde)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  WEIRD
     a.
     (acronym of en Western, educated, industrialized, rich and
  democratic)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  weird
     a.
     1 Having an unusually strange character or behaviour.
     2 Deviating from the normal; bizarre.
     3 Relating to weird fiction#Noun ("a macabre subgenre of
  speculative fiction").
     4 (lb en archaic) Of or pertaining to the Fates.
     5 (lb en archaic) Connected with fate or destiny; able to influence
  fate.
     6 (lb en archaic) Of or pertaining to witches or witchcraft;
  supernatural; unearthly; suggestive of witches, witchcraft, or
  unearthliness; wild; uncanny.
     adv.
     (lb en nonstandard) In a strange manner. (from 1970s)
     n.
     1 (lb en archaic) Fate; destiny; luck.
     2 A prediction.
     3 (lb en obsolete Scotland) A spell or charm.
     4 That which comes to pass; a fact.
     5 (lb en archaic in the plural personification) The Fates.
     6 (lb en informal) weirdness.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To destine; doom; change by witchcraft or
  sorcery.
     2 (lb en transitive) To warn solemnly; adjure.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  WEIRD
     a.
     (acronym of en Western, educated, industrialized, rich and
  democratic)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  weird
     French a.
     (lb fr Quebec Louisiana informal) (l en weird), bizarre
     Middle English n.
     (alt form enm werde)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  WEIRD
     a.
     (acronym of en Western, educated, industrialized, rich and
  democratic)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  weird
     French a.
     (lb fr Quebec Louisiana informal) (l en weird), bizarre
     Middle English n.
     (alt form enm werde)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  WEIRD
     a.
     (acronym of en Western, educated, industrialized, rich and
  democratic)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  weird
     Englanti a.
     outo

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  weird
     Engelska a.
     1 konstig, underlig
     2 kuslig, hemsk

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Weird /wˈiəd/
  غربة

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  weird //ˈwiɚd// //ˈwiːə(ɹ)d// //ˈwɪə(ɹ)d// //ˈwɪɚd// 
  1. причудлив
  deviating from the normal; bizarre
  2. странен
  having an unusually strange character or behaviour
  3. свръхествствен
  having supernatural or preternatural power