witch-like

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English

Etymology

From witch +‎ -like.

Adjective

witch-like (comparative more witch-like, superlative most witch-like)

  1. Like a witch.
    • 1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 471:
      `Hail!' squeaked Arumugam, witch-like.
    • 1974, John Boorman, Zardoz, London: Pan Books, page 34:
      Witch-like she smiled and moved away.