eldritch

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by Pseudo_Intellectual

Sat Nov 13 1999 at 14:20:34

One of those great "pass the thesaurus" words which made the writings of H.P.Lovecraft so much fun to read. Characteristics within the scope of this word include elder, ancient, weird, unknown, unclean, unwholesome, possessing the capacity of driving people insane.

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by ellF

Fri Dec 07 2001 at 14:37:34

eldritch, adjective:
Strange or unearthly; eerie.
Possibly from elriche; the Old English "el" indicating strange, combined with "rice", meaning realm.

Also a spell-using character class from the realm of Hibernia in the Massively Multiplayer Online Roleplaying Game Dark Age of Camelot, known for using natural spells to cause massive damage.

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by Webster 1913

Tue Dec 21 1999 at 23:19:33

El"dritch (?), a.

Hideous; ghastly; as, an eldritch shriek or laugh.

[Local, Eng.]

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Jeeves! Have this puny billionaire thrown out IMMEDIATELY!	Male Goth stereotypes	Hibernia	H.P. Lovecraft
The young poet, facing a deadline, scans pages 450-467 of the OED	Andrew Eldritch	Tell me a story about being really undead	Eldritch Wizardry
Elrich	The Strickland Demon	archgay	USS Eldridge
Massively Multiplayer Online Roleplaying Game	deity	The Purple Pterodactyls	Ratatoskr
A fabulous head	Even the Elder Gods Fall before the Federal Government	Ragemoor	The Poet and The Worm
sic Transit gloria	Dark Age of Camelot	4 step plan to getting laid