单词 | eldritch |
释义 | eldritch[ el-drich ] / ˈɛl drɪtʃ / adjectiveeerie; weird; spooky. Also el·drich; el·ritch [el-rich] /ˈɛl rɪtʃ/ . Origin of eldritch1500–10; earlier elrich, equivalent to Old English el- foreign, strange, uncanny (see else) + rīce kingdom (see rich); hence “of a strange country, pertaining to the Otherworld”; compare Old English ellende in a foreign land, exiled (cognate with German Elend penury, distress) Words nearby eldritchELDR, Eldred, Eldredge, eldress, Eldridge, eldritch, Elea, Eleanor, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Eleanor of Castile, Eleanor of Provence Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for eldritchBritish Dictionary definitions for eldritcheldritch eldrich/ (ˈɛldrɪtʃ) / adjectivepoetic, Scot unearthly; weird Word Origin for eldritchC16: perhaps from Old English ælf elf + rīce realm; see rich Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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