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形容詞

witching (comparative more witching, superlative most witching)

1. Of or pertaining to witchcraft or sorcery, or to witches or sorcerers.

   Synonyms: mystical, sorcerous; witchy, wizardlike; see also Thesaurus:magical, Thesaurus:magicianlike

   • 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, Cambridge edition, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton, Mifflin and Company […], published 1899, →OCLC, page 249, column 1:

     'Tis the witching time of night, / Orbed is the moon and bright, / And the Stars they glisten, glisten, / Seeming with bright eyes to listen.

2. Of a person: having the power to bewitch someone or something.
3. (archaic) Bewitching, enchanting.

   Synonyms: captivating, charming, delightful, fascinating

   • 1859, Ferna Vale, Natalie; or, A Gem Among the Sea-Weeds:

     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?

派生語

• triple witching hour
• witching hour

動詞

witching

1. present participle and gerund of witch

語源 2

From 中期英語 wicchinge, from 古期英語 wiċċung (“witching, witchcraft”), equivalent to witch +‎ -ing.

名詞

witching (plural witchings)

1. gerund of witch: an act of witchcraft.

   Synonyms: bewitchment, fascination, ensorcellment; see also Thesaurus:enchantment

   • 2002, Christine Gentry, When Spirits Walk, page 28:

     There was a lot of information to draw upon because his occupation exposed him to more witchings every month than most individuals experienced in a life time.

派生語

• quadruple witching
• triple witching
• water witching

アナグラム

• Gwitchin