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elritch

elritch is the alternative form of eldritch.

Meaning of eldritch

Adjective

eldritch (comparative more eldritch, superlative most eldritch)

  1. Unearthly, supernatural, eerie, preternatural.
    • So Maggie runs, the witches follow, / Wi' mony an eldritch ſkreech and hollow.1790 (date written; published 1791), Robert Burns, “Tam o’ Shanter. A Tale.”, in Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect, 2nd edition, volume II, Edinburgh: […] T[homas] Cadell, […], and William...

Forms of elritch

comparativemore elritch
superlativemost elritch

Questions about elritch

What is elritch the alternative form of?
Elritch is the alternative form of eldritch.

Words near elritch in the dictionary

  1. elrich
  2. Elrick
  3. elrig
  4. elrigs
  5. Elrington
  6. elritch
  7. Elrod
  8. Elrods
  9. Elron
  10. Elroy
  11. els

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