Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Sorcery; enchantment; witchcraft.
- n. Fascination; charm.
Wiktionary
- n. witchcraft
- n. allure
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Sorcery; enchantment; witchcraft.
- n. Fascination; irresistible influence; enchantment.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the art of sorcery
Examples
“In American Indian traditions, witchery is different from Shamanism, though in many traditions, the two are separated by intent.”
“All who have every set foot on these shores bear the same testimony to the elfin witchery of Nippon – the land of the rising sun.”
“Such witchery is the sounds, the vibration of sequacious/delicious surges (undertoning urges)/such a soft floating witchery of sound. [”
“She had, it is true, no fortune, but that of my friend was ample; and he delighted in the anticipation of indulging her in every elegant pursuit, and administering to those delicate tastes and fancies that spread a kind of witchery about the sex.”
“Their manners and movements are unaffected and elegant; they dress in exquisite taste; and with a grace peculiarly their own, their manners have a fascination and witchery which is perfectly irresistible.”
“She had, it is true, no fortune, but that of my friend was ample; and he delighted in the anticipation of indulging her in every elegant pursuit, and administering to those delicate tastes and fancies that spread a kind of witchery about the sex. — “Her life,” said he, “shall be like a fairy tale.””
“Among "the Prince's friends" the attacks upon him in the Dublin meetings were regarded as little short of treason; while by himself, it is well known the "witchery" resolutions of 1812 were neither forgotten nor forgiven.”
“But we must not dwell too long amid these tender scenes, which, indeed, exert a kind of witchery over the heart, making it fain to linger.”
“I just deny that I ever saw anyone from Cambridge do anything that I might call witchery or even ... witchism. ”
“Why, let's all just curse the darkness and "witchery" of HOLLYWOOD!”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘witchery’.
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Words that shouldn't be used on a fir...
probation, trekkie, wart, unemployed, fetish, suspended driver'..., felon, aerophagia, undies, debt collector, girlfriend, boyfriend and 272 more...
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darren latson
education
sorcery, sorcerer, magic, wizardry, wizard, Sorcerer, Wizard, Wizardry, magician, mysticism, mystic, education and 5 more...
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colleen's words
yellow, green, pie, blue, fur, people, incense, book, brown, avuncular, mountain, fog and 1316 more...
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kat's words
ecumenical, cacophony, clatter, marimba, bamboo, saffron, slice, mercurial, pomegranate, cranky, slipshod, scritch and 511 more...
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je les adore!
fusillade, foal, celestial, abattoir, byzantium, berlin, casablanca, babylon, balkans, albion, avalon, between the devil... and 471 more...
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noble mythical words
halcyon, yore, chevalier, geas, dour, clarion, codex, selkie, mythic, rime, hoarfrost, eldritch and 112 more...
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Umbersorrow
Intangible, anthropic.
States of being are listed on oofy.njiju, glark, deplore, afterlithe, tagmass, spuriosity, forkful, chelation, oding, ploat, botnet, quedeship and 477 more...
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dienekes's Words
chutzpah, lexicon, intrepid, pedagogical, schlemiel, schism, erudite, anathema, pugilist, jaunty, paradigm, automaton and 949 more...
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roseandivy's list
mooncalf, wonted, gibbet, artless, noontide, blithe, glitterati, vorpal, soporific, moxie, pilfer, betwixt and between and 263 more...
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simple & useful15
handsomely, fleshed-out, perpetually, consorting, blood relation, cubistic, implausibly, tom swifties, coiffed, progeny, deconstructed, humdrum and 93 more...
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wordsmith III: revenge of wordie
sedimentary, igneous, segment, surfeit, unctuous, magma, garble, ransack, concubine, coincide, metamorphic, clastic and 208 more...
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simple & useful8
sullied, mincing, portentous, barbarism, gesticulate, multiplicative, legerdemain, shibboleth, rekindling, ragamuffins, glacially, frothily and 63 more...
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Zoom's Words
Words I Like
obtuse, myopia, whimsy, crackpottery, crud, cahoots, roughshod, eschatological, tablet, witchery, shrill, lunacy and 4 more...
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I like : W
wailing, wanderlust, war, warlock, wend, wherewithal, whippoorwill, widdershins, wendigo, wight, willow, witch hazel and 16 more...
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bewitched
witchery, witchcraft, cult, sorcery, relic, talisman, amulet, bewilder, enchant
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yarb That's a good way of putting it. Mar 19, 2008
roseandivy Words have a certain witchery. <3 Mar 19, 2008