bruja.
witch, sorceress (woman who practices witchcraft)
Meaning & usage
witch, sorceress (woman who practices witchcraft)
specifically, a Wiccan
crone, hag (ugly, evil-looking, or frightening old woman)
owl (bird of prey of the order Strigiformes)
northern potoo (Nyctibius jamaicensis)
knifetooth dogfish (shark species Scymnodon ringens)
Where this word comes from
Uncertain. Possibly from Iberian/Celtiberian *bruxtia (compare Catalan bruixa, Portuguese bruxa, Occitan bruèissa), from Proto-Celtic *brixtā (“spell, magic”) (compare Old Irish bricht (“charm”), Old Breton brith (“magic”)). It could instead be akin to a different Celtic word such as Old Irish Brigit (literally “high, exalted”).
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