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- adjective Alternative form of
eldritch .
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Examples
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The sound was so ghastly that Sir Kenneth started at hearing it, and hastily demanded, in the name of God, who they were who profaned that holy place with such antic gestures and elritch exclamations.
The Talisman 2008
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My lord, it fizzed like a rasher of bacon, and the fallow set up an elritch screech, which made some think his courage was abated; but not a whit, for he plucked off his hat with his left hand, and waved it, crying, ‘God save the Queen, and confound all evil counsellors!’
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Kenneth started at hearing it, and hastily demanded, in the name of God, who they were who profaned that holy place with such antic gestures and elritch exclamations.
The Talisman 1894
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a rasher of bacon, and the fallow set up an elritch screech, which made some think his courage was abated; but not a whit, for he plucked off his hat with his left hand, and waved it, crying, 'God save the
The Fortunes of Nigel Walter Scott 1801
Gammerstang commented on the word elritch
(adjective) - Wild; hideous; uninhabited, except by imaginary ghosts.
--Glossary to Allan Ramsay's play, The Gentle Shepherd, 1751
January 14, 2018