witchyadj.
/ˈwɪtʃi/, U.S. /ˈwɪtʃi/ Resembling or reminiscent of a witch; relating to or characteristic of a witch.
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the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > sorcerer or magician > witch > [adjective] > resembling a witch
haggish1576
hag-like1647
witchy1667
hagged1706
1667 Third Advice in Second & Third Advice to Painter 18 When he with Earthy Hounds, and Horn of Air, Pursues in Fountebleau the witchy Hare.
1849 Madison (Indiana) Weekly Courier 16 May That plagued old Scotch woman..with her hovel at the cross-roads, and her black cat, and her red short-gown, and her witchy looks.
1903 Contemp. Rev. Sept. 331 Thiers..looked not a man, but a witchy old woman in man's clothes.
1968 S. Plath in Atlantic Monthly Sept. 54/2 Over the trees at the far side of the Common the..torch flare flattens and recovers under some witchy invisible push.
1976 Listener 4 Nov. 590/2 The witchy black of the Grimm forests.
2010 Independent 28 Oct. 31/4 Designers and the high street are revelling in Gothic black or dark purple lipstick, cobweb knits and witchy dresses.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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