ELDRITCH


Meaning of ELDRITCH in English

/ ˈeldrɪtʃ; NAmE / adjective

[ usually before noun ] ( literary ) strange and frightening :

an eldritch screech

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WORD ORIGIN

early 16th cent. (originally Scots ): perhaps related to elf .

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