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eldritch adjective "Curse," "cobweb," "witch," "ghost," and even "Halloween" -- all of these potentially spooky words have roots in Old English. "Eldritch," also, comes from a time when otherworldly beings were commonly thought to inhabit the earth. The word is about 500 years old and believed to have come from Middle English “elfriche,” meaning “fairyland.” The two components of “elfriche” -- “elf” and “riche” -- come from the Old English “ælf” and “rīce” (words which meant, literally, "elf kingdom"). Robert Louis Stevenson wasn't scared of "eldritch." He used the term in his novel Kidnapped: "'The curse on him and his house, byre and stable, man, guest, and master, wife, miss, or bairn --- black, black be their fall!' --The woman, whose voice had risen to a kind of eldritch sing-song, turned with a skip, and was gone." : weird, eerie

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October 28, 2008 EL-dritch Christina accompanied her ghost story by playing a recording filled with creaks, howls, and other eldritch sound effects.

Word	eldritch
Date	October 28, 2008
Type	adjective
Syllables	EL-dritch
Etymology	"Curse," "cobweb," "witch," "ghost," and even "Halloween" -- all of these potentially spooky words have roots in Old English. "Eldritch," also, comes from a time when otherworldly beings were commonly thought to inhabit the earth. The word is about 500 years old and believed to have come from Middle English “elfriche,” meaning “fairyland.” The two components of “elfriche” -- “elf” and “riche” -- come from the Old English “ælf” and “rīce” (words which meant, literally, "elf kingdom"). Robert Louis Stevenson wasn't scared of "eldritch." He used the term in his novel Kidnapped: "'The curse on him and his house, byre and stable, man, guest, and master, wife, miss, or bairn --- black, black be their fall!' --The woman, whose voice had risen to a kind of eldritch sing-song, turned with a skip, and was gone."
Examples	Christina accompanied her ghost story by playing a recording filled with creaks, howls, and other eldritch sound effects.
Definition	: weird, eerie

Eldritch English October Adjective El Dritch Curse Cobweb Witch