witchy

English

Etymology

witch +‎ -y

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈwɪt͡ʃi/
Rhymes: -ɪtʃi

Adjective

witchy (comparative witchier, superlative witchiest)

Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of witches; witchlike.
- 1967, Beverly Cleary, Mitch and Amy, New York: Dell, published 1980, →ISBN, →OL, page 92:
  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.
- 2006 August 8, Sharon Lamb with Lyn Mikel Brown, Packaging Girlhood: Rescuing Our Daughters from Marketers' Schemes, New York: St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, →OL, page 96:
  Sabrina and the three sisters in Charmed have a myriad of witchy powers.
The children are scared to go near the witchy old woman's house at night.

Translations

witchlike

Spanish: embrujado (es) m, brujeril, brujesco m, brujil

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