witch

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From Old English wiċċa m., wiċċe f., from Proto-Germanic *vikkan, from Proto-Indo-European *weik-.

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Singular
witch

Plural
witches

witch (plural witches)

  1. A (usually female) person who is learned in and actively practices witchcraft (according to the OED, its use in the masculine is "now only dialectal").
  2. (derogatory) An ugly or unpleasant woman.
    I hate that old witch.

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Origin unknown.

[edit] Noun

Singular
witch

Plural
witches

witch (plural witches)

  1. An Atlantic flatfish, Glyptocephalus cynoglossus; Torbay sole.

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Infinitive
to witch

Third person singular
witches

Simple past
witched

Past participle
witched

Present participle
witching

to witch (third-person singular simple present witches, present participle witching, simple past and past participle witched)

  1. To dowse for water
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