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   witch

   /wiCH/

   noun

   • 1. a person thought to have magic powers, especially evil ones, popularly depicted as a woman wearing a black cloak and pointed hat and flying on a broomstick. Similar sorceressenchantressoccultistnecromancerWiccanarchaic:beldamrare:hexpythoness
   • ▪ a follower or practitioner of Wicca or of modern witchcraft.
   • 2. an ugly or unpleasant woman: derogatory "he can marry the old witch for all I care" Similar hagcroneharpyharridantermagantshe-devilinformal:battleaxeold bagold batcowbitchtargearchaic:scold
   • 3. a woman who is bewitchingly attractive. dated
   • 4. an edible North Atlantic flatfish that is of some commercial value.

   verb

   • 1. cast an evil spell on: "Mrs. Mucharski had somehow witched the house"
   • ▪ (of a woman) enchant (a man): "she witched Jake"

   Word Origin Old Englishwicca (masculine), wicce (feminine), wiccian (verb); current senses of the verb are probably a shortening of bewitch.

   Derivatives

   • 1. witchlike adjective

   Scrabble Points: 13

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