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weird sister (wn) | weird sister
n 1: (Norse mythology) any of the three goddesses of destiny;
identified with Anglo-Saxon Wyrd; similar to Greek Moirae
and Roman Parcae [syn: Norn, weird sister] |
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the three weird sisters (encz) | the Three Weird Sisters, n: |
the weird sisters (encz) | the Weird Sisters, n: |
weird sisters (encz) | weird sisters,sudičky luke |
Weird sisters (gcide) | Weird \Weird\, a.
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1. Of or pertaining to fate; concerned with destiny.
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2. Of or pertaining to witchcraft; caused by, or suggesting,
magical influence; supernatural; unearthly; wild; as, a
weird appearance, look, sound, etc.
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Myself too had weird seizures. --Tennyson.
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Those sweet, low tones, that seemed like a weird
incantation. --Longfellow.
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Weird sisters, the Fates. [Scot.] --G. Douglas.
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Note: Shakespeare uses the term for the three witches in
Macbeth.
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The weird sisters, hand in hand,
Posters of the sea and land. --Shak.
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