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witchings

witchings is the plural of witching.

Meaning of witching

Adjective

witching (comparative more witching, superlative most witching)

  1. Of or pertaining to witchcraft or sorcery, or to witches or sorcerers.
    • 'Tis the witching time of night, / Orbed is the moon and bright, / And the Stars they glisten, glisten, / Seeming with bright eyes to listen.a. 1822 (date written), John Keats, “[Supplementary Verses.] A Prophecy: To George Keats in America.”, in [Horace Elisha Scudder], editor, The Complete Poetical Works and Letters of John Keats...
  2. Of a person: having the power to bewitch someone or something.
  3. (archaic) Bewitching, enchanting.
    • But who is this witching beauty by his side, who would fain impress you with a belief that that mischief which will not remain concealed for the briefest period, is not her entire composition?1859, Ferna Vale, Natalie; or, A Gem Among the Sea-Weeds

Questions about witchings

What is witchings the plural of?
Witchings is the plural of witching.

Words near witchings in the dictionary

  1. witchiness
  2. witching
  3. witching hour
  4. witching hours
  5. witchingly
  6. witchings
  7. witchish
  8. witchism
  9. witchity grub
  10. witchity grubs
  11. witchkind

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