VOODOO

I. noun (plural ~s) Etymology: Louisiana Creole voudou, probably from Ewe vódũ tutelary deity Date: 1850 a religion that is derived from African polytheism and ancestor worship and is practiced chiefly in Haiti, 2. a person who deals in spells and necromancy, b. a sorcerer's spell ; hex , a hexed object ; charm , II. transitive verb Date: 1880 to bewitch by or as if by means of ~ ; hex , III. adjective Date: 1880 of, relating to, or practicing ~ , based on highly improbable suppositions ; extremely implausible or unrealistic