Новый большой англо-русский словарь - weird
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1. шотл. судьба, рок; предопределение 2. шотл. предсказание; предзнаменование 3. таинственный, сверхъестественный; потусторонний 4. разг. странный, непонятный; причудливый, фантастический weird shapes —- причудливые очертания what a weird idea! —- что за странная (нелепая) мысль! Id: the W. Sisters —- ведьмы; шотл. богини судьбы, парки 5. шотл. предопределять weirded to —- обреченный (на что-л.); предназначенный судьбой (для чего-л.)
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1. noun; obs.; scot. 1) судьба, рок 2) предзнаменование, предсказание 2. adj. 1) роковой, фатальный 2) таинственный, сверхъестественный 3) coll. странный, непонятный; причудливый the weird sisters myth. - богини судьбы, парки; ведьмы Syn: see bizarre ...Англо-русский словарь
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adj. & n. --adj. 1 uncanny, supernatural. 2 colloq. strange, queer, incomprehensible. 3 archaic connected with fate. --n. esp. Sc. archaic fate, destiny. Phrases and idioms the weird sisters 1 the Fates. 2 witches. Derivatives weirdly adv. weirdness n. Etymology: (earlier as noun) f. OE wyrd destiny f. Gmc ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English wird, werd, from Old English wyrd; akin to Old Norse urthr fate, Old English weorthan to become — more at worth Date: before 12th century 1. fate, destiny; especially ill fortune 2. soothsayer II. adjective Date: 15th century 1. of, relating to, or caused by witchcraft or the supernatural ; magical 2. of strange or extraordinary character ; odd, fantastic • ~ly adverb • ~ness noun Synonyms: ~, eerie, uncanny mean mysteriously strange or fantastic. ~ may imply an unearthly or supernatural strangeness or it may stress queerness or oddness ~ creatures from another world. eerie suggests an uneasy or fearful consciousness that mysterious and malign powers are at work an eerie calm preceded the bombing raid. uncanny implies disquieting strangeness or mysteriousness an uncanny resemblance between total strangers. ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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(weirder, weirdest) If you describe something or someone as weird, you mean that they are strange. (INFORMAL) He’s different. He’s weird... Drugs can make you do all kinds of weird things... It must be really weird to be rich... ADJ: oft it v-link ADJ to-inf/-ing ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ adj 1 informal unusual and different from anything you have seen or heard before; bizarre (Mike's got a really weird sense of humour. | weird and wonderful) (Tom's full of weird and wonderful ideas.) 2 very strange, mysterious, or frightening (A weird green glow lit the sky.) - weirdly adv - weirdness n ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- O.E. wyrd "fate" (n.), from P.Gmc. *wurdis. The modern sense developed from M.E. use of weird sisters for the three fates or Norns (in Gmc. mythology), the goddesses who controlled human destiny. They were usually portrayed as odd or frightening in appearance, as in "Macbeth," which led to the adj. meaning "odd-looking, uncanny," first recorded 1815. Weirdo is from 1955. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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