WITCH
What does "WITCH" mean?
A person, traditionally a woman, believed to practice magic or sorcery.
Meanings
- A person believed to have magical powers, especially to cast spells. In the story, the witch turned the prince into a frog.
- A follower of Wicca or modern pagan witchcraft. She identifies as a witch and celebrates the solstices.
- To bewitch, charm, or affect as if by magic. The melody seemed to witch the whole room into silence. archaic
Did you know?
- In the Salem witch trials of 1692, 20 people were executed - 19 hanged and one, Giles Corey, slowly crushed to death under heavy stones for refusing to enter a plea.
Word origin
From Old English 'wicce' (female magic-worker) and 'wicca' (male), from a Proto-Germanic root possibly meaning 'to bend, to make holy' or 'to wake the dead'; the modern religion Wicca revived the masculine form.
Remember it
WITCH and WHICH are homophones - the spelling without the H is the one who casts spells.
A little poem
They feared the woman who read the moon,
who knew which herbs would heal or harm-
and called her knowledge by a darker name.
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Wordplay
- How does a witch tell the time? With a witch watch - and don't ask which witch's watch.
What it teaches
Every age finds a name to pin on women who know too much; the spell was usually just literacy.
Quick facts
What does WITCH mean?
A person, traditionally a woman, believed to practice magic or sorcery.
Is WITCH a valid word?
Yes — WITCH is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is WITCH?
WITCH has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does WITCH come from?
From Old English 'wicce' (female magic-worker) and 'wicca' (male), from a Proto-Germanic root possibly meaning 'to bend, to make holy' or 'to wake the dead'; the modern religion Wicca revived the masculine form.
What can WITCH teach us?
Every age finds a name to pin on women who know too much; the spell was usually just literacy.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.