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witching.

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

8 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈwɪt͡ʃɪŋ/
  1. Of or pertaining to witchcraft or sorcery, or to witches or sorcerers.

  2. Of a person: having the power to bewitch someone or something.

  3. Bewitching, enchanting.

    archaic
Where this word comes from

From Middle English wicching, wicchand, equivalent to witch + -ing.

verb/ˈwɪt͡ʃɪŋ/
  1. present participle and gerund of witch

    form-of · gerund · participle · present
Where this word comes from

From Middle English wicching, wicchand, equivalent to witch + -ing.

noun/ˈwɪt͡ʃɪŋ/
  1. gerund of witch: an act of witchcraft.

    form-of · gerund
Where this word comes from

From Middle English wicchinge, from Old English wiċċung (“witching, witchcraft”), equivalent to witch + -ing.

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