/ wɪəd; NAmE wɪrd/ adjective ( weird·er , weird·est )
1.
very strange or unusual and difficult to explain :
a weird dream
SYN strange :
She's a really weird girl.
He's got some weird ideas.
It's really weird seeing yourself on television.
the weird and wonderful creatures that live beneath the sea
2.
strange in a mysterious and frightening way;
SYN eerie :
She began to make weird inhuman sounds.
► weird·ly adverb :
The town was weirdly familiar.
► weird·ness noun [ U ]
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WORD ORIGIN
Old English wyrd destiny , of Germanic origin. The adjective ( late Middle English ) originally meant having the power to control destiny , and was used especially in the Weird Sisters , originally referring to the Fates, later the witches in Shakespeare's Macbeth ; the latter use gave rise to the sense unearthly (early 19th cent.).