eldritch

eldritch meaning in Tamil and Urdu

Examples of eldritch in a sentence

• Pearl, in utter scorn of her mother's attempt to quiet her, gave an eldritch scream, and then became silent.1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne, chapter VII, in The Scarlet Letter, a Romance, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, →OCLC:
• And the woman, whose voice had risen to a kind of eldritch sing-song, turned with a skip, and was gone.1886 May 1 – July 31, Robert Louis Stevenson, chapter 2, in Kidnapped, being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751...
• It was amused, and gave voice to eldritch cackles which betokened mirth.1900 April 7, Jack London, “An Odyssey of the North”, in The Son of the Wolf: Tales of the Far North, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y....
• I anticipated some such reception, he began with an eldritch laugh, for which, it seems, history is to blame.1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[14]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC:

Forms of eldritch

Origin of eldritch

From the earlier form elritch, of uncertain origin. The second element, -ritch, is generally taken to be Old English rīċe (“realm, kingdom”). Some think that the first element, el-, derives from an Old English root meaning “foreign, strange, other” (related to Old English ellende and modern English else); others think that it derives from elf. It was reintroduced into popular literature by the writings of H. P. Lovecraft.

Words formed from eldritch

• eldritchly
• eldritchness

Questions about eldritch

What does eldritch mean?

Eldritch means unearthly, supernatural, eerie, preternatural.

What is eldritch in Tamil?

Eldritch in Tamil is அச்சமூட்டுகிற. See Eldritch meaning in Tamil.

How do you use eldritch in a sentence?

Pearl, in utter scorn of her mother's attempt to quiet her, gave an eldritch scream, and then became silent.

What part of speech is eldritch?

Eldritch is an adjective.

How do you pronounce eldritch?

Eldritch is pronounced /ˈɛl.dɹɪt͡ʃ/.