eldritch

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   weird, sinister, or unearthly in a ghostly way

   An eldritch glow seeped from the abandoned crypt.

Of uncertain origin, recorded chiefly in Scots; perhaps from Old English *ælf-rīce ('elf-kingdom, fairyland') or from el- ('strange, other') + rīce ('realm').

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