warlock
UK/ˈwɔː.lɒk//ˈwɔɹ.lɑk/
warlock noun: a male magic-user; a male equivalent of a witch; a wizard.
Noun
warlock (plural warlocks)
- A male magic-user; a male equivalent of a witch; a wizard.
- He was himself a warlock, or wizard, which they knew by his taking the witch's part.1730, Edward Burt, Letters from a Gentleman in the North of Scotland
- It was the day of warlocks and apparitions, now happily driven out by the zeal of the General Assembly.1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide
- A magic-user (regardless of gender).
- “Is it because she was a warlock?” she asked. “I know different kinds of magic . . .” “No, that's not it, or at least . . .” Mereth paused, collecting her thoughts, then explained, “The warlockry doesn't help, Lady Sarai,[…]”2015 February 25, Lawrence Watt-Evans, The Spell of the Black Dagger: A Legend of Ethshar, Wildside Press LLC, →ISBN, page 115
- It seemed like a strange thing for her to risk on a student she barely knew—but then, she was a warlock. Simon had no idea what they were capable of, but he was getting better at imagining.2015 March 17, Cassandra Clare, Robin Wasserman, The Lost Herondale, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN
warlock meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
warlock in Tamil
- சூனியக்காரன், மந்திரவாதி, குறி சொல்பவர், சோதிடர்
warlock in Marathi
- male magic-user
- चेटक्या ceṭakyā
warlock in Urdu
- جادوگر, خائن, ساحر
warlock in Bengali
- ওয়ারলক
More languagesFewer languages
- warlock in Telugu
- వార్లాక్
- warlock in Malayalam
- മന്ത്രവാദി, മന്ത്രകാരൻ, മന്ത്രകൃത്ത്, കർമ്മി
- warlock in Kannada
- ವಾರ್ಲಾಕ್
- warlock in Punjabi
- ਵਾਰਲੌਕ
- warlock in Gujarati
- વોરલોક
- warlock in Odia
- ୱାର୍ଲକ୍, ୱାର୍ଲାକ୍, ୱାରଲାକ୍
- warlock in Arabic
- سَاحِر sāḥir, مُشَعْوِذ mušaʕwiḏ, عَرَّاف ʕarrāf, مُحْتال muḥtāl
- warlock in Indonesian
- ahli sihir, tukang sihir
Examples of warlock in a sentence
- Usually she blended in with the rest of the Academy faculty, making it easy to forget she was a warlock (at least, if you overlooked the blue skin).2015 July 21, Cassandra Clare, Robin Wasserman, Pale Kings and Princes, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:
- “We're also looking for a couple of warlocks,” Magnus said.2020 September 1, Cassandra Clare, Wesley Chu, The Lost Book of the White, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:
Forms of warlock
| plural | warlocks |
|---|---|
| alternative form | warluck |
| alternative form | warlow |
Origin of warlock
From Middle English warloghe, warlowe, warloȝe, from Old English wǣrloga (“traitor, deceiver”, literally “truce-breaker”), from Proto-West Germanic *wārulogō (“liar”), equivalent to Old English wǣr (“covenant, truce, pact, promise”) (from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁- (“true”); whence also Latin vērus) + loga (“liar”), from Proto-Germanic *lugô, related to Old English lēogan (whence English lie). The hard -ck ending originated in Scottish and Northern English, like the sense "male magic-user" (from the notion that such men were in league with the Devil and had thus broken their baptismal vows / betrayed Christianity). Cognate with Old Saxon wārlogo (“liar, unfaithful or insidious one”). A few writers alternatively propose a derivation from Old Norse varðlokkur (“incantations, charms”, literally “ward songs”), but as the OED notes, this is implausible due to the extreme rarity of the Norse word, the semantic difference, and because forms without hard -k, which are consistent with the Old English etymology (“traitor”), are attested earlier than forms with -k, and forms with -ð- are not attested.
Words formed from warlock
Questions about warlock
- What does warlock mean?
- Warlock means a male magic-user; a male equivalent of a witch; a wizard.
- What is warlock in Tamil?
- Warlock in Tamil is சூனியக்காரன், மந்திரவாதி, குறி சொல்பவர். See Warlock meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use warlock in a sentence?
- Usually she blended in with the rest of the Academy faculty, making it easy to forget she was a warlock (at least, if you overlooked the blue skin).
- What part of speech is warlock?
- Warlock is a noun.
- How do you pronounce warlock?
- Warlock is pronounced /ˈwɔː.lɒk/ (UK).
- What is the plural of warlock?
- The plural of warlock is warlocks.
Words near warlock in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: warlock (page history and authors); warlock (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); warlock (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); warlock (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); warlock (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); warlock (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); warlock (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); warlock (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); warlock (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); warlock (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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