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witchwork

witchwork noun: witchcraft.

Noun

witchwork (uncountable)

  1. Witchcraft.
    • Es war dem Anſelmus, als höre er ein tiefes Stöhnen, als höre er Serpentina’s Stimme. Da ergriff ihn Entſetzen und Verzweiflung. – Er raffte alle ſeine Kraft zuſammen, er ſtieß mit Gewalt, als ſollten Nerven und Adern zerſpringen, gegen das Kriſtall – ein ſchneidender Klang fuhr durch das Zimmer...1827, Ernst Theodor Wilhelm Hoffmann, translated by [Thomas Carlyle], “The Golden Pot”, in German Romance: Specimens of Its Chief Authors; […], volume II (Containing Tieck and Hoffmann), Edinburgh...
    • Selbiger ſchüttelt mit ſeinem grauen Kopf, und daß er es genugſam gläuben wölle, inmaßen ſolche Liebe nicht mit rechten Dingen zugehen könne; […]1849, William Meinhold [i.e., Wilhelm Meinhold], translated by [Jane Wilde], “How Sidonia Is Sent Away to Stettin—Item, of the Young Lord’s Dangerous Illness, and What Happened in Consequence”, in...

Examples of witchwork in a sentence

  • The Kandakandero had taken his affliction as a sign of divine favor and a portent of supernatural abilities, and immediately consecrated him to witchwork.2000, Tom Robbins, Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates, New York, N.Y.: Bantam Books, →ISBN, page 93:
  • Bernard Tynan had used witchwork to lure a young schoolgirl into his house, where he’d murdered her.2012, Laura Powell, chapter 2, in Burn Mark, New York, N.Y.: Bloomsbury Books for Young Readers, →ISBN, page 6:

Origin of witchwork

From witch + -work.

Questions about witchwork

What does witchwork mean?
Witchwork means witchcraft.
How do you use witchwork in a sentence?
The Kandakandero had taken his affliction as a sign of divine favor and a portent of supernatural abilities, and immediately consecrated him to witchwork.
What part of speech is witchwork?
Witchwork is a noun.

Words near witchwork in the dictionary

  1. witchweeds
  2. witchwife
  3. witchwoman
  4. witchwomen
  5. witchwood
  6. witchwork
  7. witchy
  8. witcraft
  9. Witczak
  10. Witczaks
  11. witdoeke

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