| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| eldritch |
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| SYLLABICATION: | el·dritch |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   l dr ch |
| ADJECTIVE: | Strange or unearthly; eerie. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Perhaps Middle English *elriche : Old English el-, strange, other; see al-1 in Appendix I + Old English r ce, realm; see reg- in Appendix I.
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