Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

witching

/ˈwɪt͡ʃɪŋ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.34 in modern English

Syllables: witch-ing
IPA: /ˈwɪt͡ʃɪŋ/

17

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to witchcraft or sorcery, or to witches or sorcerers.

adj

Of a person: having the power to bewitch someone or something.

adj

Bewitching, enchanting.

Archaic

verb

present participle and gerund of witch

noun

gerund of witch: an act of witchcraft.

Example Sentences

"'Tis the witching time of night, / Orbed is the moon and bright, / And the Stars they glisten, glisten, / Seeming with bright eyes to listen."
"But who is this witching beauty by his side, who would fain impress you with a belief that that mischief which will not remain concealed for the briefest period, is not her entire composition?"
"There was a lot of information to draw upon because his occupation exposed him to more witchings every month than most individuals experienced in a life time."

Etymology

From Middle English wicching, wicchand, equivalent to witch + -ing.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: wicching, wicchinge, wiċċung

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

more witching (comparative) most witching (superlative) witchings (plural)

Phrases

triple witching hour witching hour quadruple witching triple witching water witching

Synonyms

mystical sorcerous witchy wizardlike magical mystic numinous sortilegious thaumaturgic witching magicianlike magicianly

Rhymes With

switching pitching itching bitching stitching ditching enriching twitching hitching snitching kitching

Questions

How do you pronounce witching?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈwɪt͡ʃɪŋ/.
What does witching mean?: Of or pertaining to witchcraft or sorcery, or to witches or sorcerers.
Where does witching come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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