Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

witch craze

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.28 in modern English

Syllables: witch craze
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

1

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The period from 15th to 18th centuries during which persecution of people as witches was prevalent in Europe and North America.

Example Sentences

"In other countries the witch craze was just as bad or worse than in England."
"[B]ut what we thought of most was the witch-burning days, for Salem was the storm-centre of the witch craze, and the town fairly went mad over it."

Inflected Forms

witch crazes (plural)

Questions

What does witch craze mean?: The period from 15th to 18th centuries during which persecution of people as witches was prevalent in Europe and North America.

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