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weird

/ˈwɪəd/WIRD
/ˈwɪɹd/WIRD

Meaningfate, destiny

Common meaning: strange

Journey through time

  1. Old EnglishwyrdsourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishwirdesource
  3. Englishweird‘strange’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Old English wyrd ‘fate, destiny’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry WEIRD, p. 702 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • wyrd Old English “fate, destiny”

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