Meaning

13 senses
  1. A person (now usually particularly a woman) who uses magical or similar supernatural powers to influence or predict events, particularly one with malicious motives.

  2. A person who follows Wicca or similar New Age pagan beliefs.

    Hexe, Gabelreiterin, Hexer

    ве́дьмаvédʹma, колду́ньяkoldúnʹja, волше́бницаvolšébnica

    ві́дьмаvídʹma, чарівни́цяčarivnýcja, чаклу́нкаčaklúnka

  3. (derogatory, figuratively)An ugly or unpleasant woman.

    I hate that old witch.

    Hexe

    ве́дьмаvédʹma, карга́kargá, кики́мораkikímora

    an ugly evil-looking old woman

  4. One who exercises more-than-common power of attraction; a charming or bewitching person.

  5. One given to mischief, especially a woman or child.

  6. A certain curve of the third order, described by Maria Agnesi under the name versiera.

  7. A storm petrel.

  8. Any of a number of flatfish of species:

    Glyptocephalus cynoglossus (witch flounder or Torbay sole), found in the North Atlantic.

  9. Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis (megrim), found in the North Atlantic.

  10. Caulopsetta scapha (syn. Arnoglossus scapha), found near New Zealand.

  11. Any member of the species Araotes lapithis of Indomalayan butterflies, of the family Lycaenidae.

  12. A cone of paper which is placed in a vessel of lard or other fat and used as a taper.

Examples

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  1. The wicked witch cast an evil spell on the man and turned him into an insect.

    Зла чаклунка наслала злі чари на чоловіка і перетворила його на комаху.

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  2. The witch hunt has begun.

    Розпочалося полювання на відьом.

    ruОхота на ведьм началась.

    deDie Hexenjagd hat begonnen.

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  3. Tom thinks Mary is a witch.

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  4. The witch cursed the poor little girl.

    ruВедьма прокляла бедную маленькую девочку.

    deDie Hexe belegte das arme kleine Mädchen mit einem Fluch.

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  5. I used to think that witches were real.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
person who uses magic:
Русский
By meaning 2
person who uses magic:
derogatory: ugly or unpleasant woman:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
person who uses magic:

Origin

The noun is from Middle English wicche, from Old English wiċċe (“(female) witch; sorceress

The noun is from Middle English wicche, from Old English wiċċe (“(female) witch; sorceress”) and wiċċa (“(male) witch; sorcerer; warlock”), deverbative from wiċċian (“to practice sorcery”), from Proto-Germanic *wikkōną (compare West Frisian wikje, wikke (“to foretell; to warn”), German Low German wicken (“to soothsay”), Dutch wikken, wichelen (“to dowse; to divine”)), from Proto-Indo-European *wik-néh₂-, derivation of *weyk- (“to consecrate; to separate”); akin to Latin victima (“sacrificial victim”), Lithuanian viẽkas (“life-force”), Sanskrit वि॒नक्ति॑ (vinákti, “to set apart; to separate out”). Possibly related to wicked; see that entry for more. The verb derives from the noun.

Compare wick.

Chosen for its euphemistic rhyme.

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