witch

Meanings

Plural: witches

Noun

a female sorcerer or magician
a being (usually female) imagined to have special powers derived from the devil
a believer in Wicca
an ugly evil-looking old woman
A person (now usually particularly a woman) who uses magical or similar supernatural powers to influence or predict events.
A woman who follows Wicca or similar New Age pagan beliefs.
An ugly or unpleasant woman.
One who exercises more-than-common power of attraction; a charming or bewitching person.
One given to mischief, especially a woman or child.
A certain curve of the third order, described by Maria Agnesi under the name versiera.
The storm petrel.
Any of a number of flatfish:
Glyptocephalus cynoglossus (Torbay sole), found in the North Atlantic.
Any of a number of flatfish:
Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis (megrim), found in the North Atlantic.
Any of a number of flatfish:
Arnoglossus scapha, found near New Zealand.
An Indomalayan butterfly, of Araotes lapithis, of the family Lycaenidae.
A cone of paper which is placed in a vessel of lard or other fat and used as a taper.
A bitch.

Verb

cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something
To dowse for water.
To practise witchcraft.
To bewitch.

Origin / Etymology

The noun is from Middle English wicche, from Old English wiċċe (“witch (female), sorceress”) and wiċċa (“witch (male), sorcerer, warlock”), deverbative from wiċċian (“to practice sorcery”), from Proto-Germanic *wikkōną (compare West Frisian wikje, wikke (“to foretell, warn”), German Low German wicken (“to soothsay”), Dutch wikken, wichelen (“to dowse, divine”)), from Proto-Indo-European *wik-néh₂-, derivation of *weyk- (“to consecrate; separate”); akin to Latin victima (“sacrificial victim”), Lithuanian viẽkas (“life-force”), Sanskrit विनक्ति (vinákti, “to set apart, separate out”). Possibly related to wicked; see that entry for more. The verb derives from the noun.

Synonyms

beldam, beldame, bewitch, crone, enchant, enchantress, glamour, hag, hex, jinx, magician, old woman, shrew, sorcerer, sorceress, ugly woman, warlock, white sole, Wiccan, wizard, wizardess

Scrabble Score: 13

witch is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
witch is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
witch is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

witch is a valid Words With Friends word