weird

English

/ˈwɪəd/, /ˈwiɚd/

adj
Definitions
  • Having an unusually strange character or behaviour.
  • Deviating from the normal; bizarre.
  • (archaic) Of or pertaining to the Fates.
  • (archaic) Connected with fate or destiny; able to influence fate.
  • (archaic) Of or pertaining to witches or witchcraft; supernatural; unearthly; suggestive of witches, witchcraft, or unearthliness; wild; uncanny.
  • (archaic) Having supernatural or preternatural power.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English werde inherited from Old English wyrd (destiny, fate) inherited from Proto-Germanic *wurdiz (fate, destiny) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (turn, rotate, wind, spin, twist, become, bend, turn out), *wert- (turn, rotate, wind, spin, twist, become, bend, turn out).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*wert-

Gloss

turn, rotate, wind, spin, twist, become, bend, turn out

Concept
Semantic Field

Motion

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

風

Emoji
🙃

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