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half-witch

noun

Etymology

From half- + witch.

  1. derived from *wik-néh₂-✻
  2. derived from *wikkōną✻
  3. inherited from wiċċe — “witch (female), sorceress”
  4. inherited from wicche
  5. formed as half-witch — “half- + witch”

Definitions

  1. A person, especially a woman, with one magical and one non-magical parent.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA