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eldritch, a. Sc.|ˈɛldrɪtʃ, ˈɛlrɪtʃ|
Forms: 6 elrich(e, elritch(e, -risch(e, -rish, elraige, -rage, alriche, 8–9 eldrich, (9 eltrich), 8– eldritch.
[Of obscure origin; connexion with elf, conjectured by Jamieson, would be suitable for the sense, and is supported by the form elphrish, app. the same word.]
Weird, ghostly, unnatural, frightful, hideous.
1508Dunbar Gold. Targe 125 Thare was Pluto the elrich incubus. 1513Douglas æneis vii. 108 Vgsum to heir was hir wyld elriche screik. 1535Stewart Cron. Scot. II. 636 Thair cleithing quhilk wes of elritche hew. 1536Bellenden Cron. Scot. I. 217 Mony haly and relligious men..fled in desertis and elraige placis. 1585Jas. I. Ess. Poesie (Arb.) 68 The king of Fary..With many elrage Incubus rydant. 1598J. Melvill Diary 25 Feb. 320 The amazfull, ugly alriche darkness. 1789Burns On Capt. Grose, Ye'll find him snug in Some eldritch part. 1834Pringle Afr. Sk. ii. 144 Loud bursts of wild and eldrich laughter. 1850Hawthorne Scarlet Let. vii. (1879) 122 Pearl..gave an eldritch scream. 1860Ld. Lytton Lucile i. iii. §i. 87 Truth is appalling and eltrich, as seen By this world's artificial lamplights. 1866Howells Venet. Life iii. 40 Joy that had something eldritch and unearthly in it. |