weird

[Weird]

Fate personified; any one of the three Weird Sisters

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Fate; destiny; one of the Fates, or Norns; also, a prediction.

Noun
Fate personified; one of the three Weird Sisters

Adjective S.
strikingly odd or unusual; "some trick of the moonlight; some weird effect of shadow"- Bram Stoker

Adjective S.
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 pierc


n.
Fate; destiny; one of the Fates, or Norns; also, a prediction.

n.
A spell or charm.

a.
Of or pertaining to fate; concerned with destiny.

a.
Of or pertaining to witchcraft; caused by, or suggesting, magical influence; supernatural; unearthly; wild; as, a weird appearance, look, sound, etc.

v. t.
To foretell the fate of; to predict; to destine to.


Weird

Weird , n. [OE. wirde, werde, AS. wyrd fate, fortune, one of the Fates, fr. weoran to be, to become; akin to OS. wurd fate, OHG. wurt, Icel. urr. 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.

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.
Those sweet, low tones, that seemed like a weird incantation.
Weird sisters, the Fates. [Scot.] G. Douglas. &hand; Shakespeare uses the term for the three witches in Macbeth.
The weird sisters, hand in hand, Posters of the sea and land.

Weird

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

Fate; destiny; one of the Fates, or Norns; also, a prediction.

Of or pertaining to fate; concerned with destiny.

To foretell the fate of; to predict; to destine to.

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Usage Examples

Canada has a passive-aggressive culture, with a lot of sarcasm and righteousness. That went with my weird messianic complex. The ego is a fascinating monster. I was taught from a young age that I had to serve, so that turned into me thinking I had to save the planet.

As an actor, to have achieved financial stability is amazing. But I always have this weird fear that I'm not going to get any more work it's about not having enough money.

Hollywood's a very weird place. I think there's less of everything except for attitude.

Big Star invented a vision of bohemian rock & roll cool that had nothing to do with New York, Los Angeles or London, which made them completely out of style in the 1970s, but also made them an inspiration to generations of weird Southern kids.

I don't really talk about my personal life. It's a strange and funny and weird thing. Sometimes you have a conversation with someone and the paparazzi snaps a picture of you and people decide you're dating. If I try to answer everything people say, I would be up all night.

Death Valley is really wide-open - it's bigger than Rhode Island - and it's less a part of California than an ungoverned territory, so there's lots of weird cops-and-robbers stuff going on.

A friend told me that teenage girls are always looking for someone to pin their dreams on. That doesn't make it any less weird though.

After having done this whole slew of press for 'Big Love,' now I'll have anxiety dreams for like a week and a half about all the stupid things I said. I can't even imagine being in front of the cameras all the time. I had a weird dream the other night that I was on 'Jersey Shore.'

I don't remember my dreams. I'm one of those weird people. I know there are tricks and things you can do, but I never remember my dreams.

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Other Usage Examples

Democrats are people who raise your taxes and spend your money on weird stuff. They steal your guns, and they spit on your faith.

For somebody famous, it's weird anyway to meet someone, because they have a preconceived notion of who you are.

I actually think of being funny as an odd turn of mind, like a mild disability, some weird way of looking at the world that you can't get rid of.

A film that I love is 'Raising Arizona' and that's funny but it's quite indie and weird and odd and quirky. I'd love to do something like that. Who knows?

Every time you go in, it's like starting over. You don't know how you did the other records. You're learning all over. It's some weird musician amnesia, or maybe the road wipes it out.

I definitely spend the most money on shoes, partly because vintage footwear can be a little funky - in a bad way. I like to keep things pretty simple up top and then go weird with the shoes.

I actually have a thing about proper nouns. They clang on my ear in a weird way when I hear them dropped into movies.

I don't know if this is too weird to say, but this is completely surreal for me. Bizarre. The cover of 'Teen Vogue' has been on my bucket list forever.

I don't take any photographs. I travel a lot by myself, and I feel weird taking photos on my own.

But I want people to understand that poker's not all glamorous, it's not all being on TV and making tons of money. It's a hard life. It's a lot of travel. It's a lot of weird hours.

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