witchy

/ˈwɪt͡ʃi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.33 in modern English

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adj

"The children are scared to go near the witchy old woman's house at night."
"Bernadette was a small wiry girl with a lot of long witchy black hair, and on the first day of school she wore only one sock."
"Sabrina and the three sisters in Charmed have a myriad of witchy powers."

Etymology tree Old English wiċċe Proto-Germanic *wikkōną Proto-West Germanic *wikkōn Proto-Indo-European *-ō Proto-Germanic *-ô Proto-West Germanic *-ō Proto-West Germanic *wikkō Old English wiċċa Middle English wicche English witch English -y English witchy From witch + -y.

witchier (comparative) witchiest (superlative)

witchily witchiness

richie ritchie itchy bitchy richey michie ritchey tichy cichy twitchy glitchy kitschy

Questions

How do you pronounce witchy?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈwɪt͡ʃi/.

What does witchy mean?

Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of witches; witchlike.

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