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witch

/wɪtʃ/ · noun

Meaning

  1. A person who practices witchcraft; a woman or man who practices witchcraft.
  2. An ugly or unpleasant woman.
  3. One who exercises more-than-common power of attraction; a charming or bewitching person.
  4. One given to mischief, especially a woman or child.
  5. A certain curve of the third order, described by Maria Agnesi under the name versiera.
  6. The stormy petrel.
  7. To practise witchcraft.
  8. To bewitch.
  9. To dowse for water.
  10. A cone of paper which is placed in a vessel of lard or other fat and used as a taper.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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