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Weird sisters

Weird \Weird\, a.

  1. Of or pertaining to fate; concerned with destiny.

  2. Of or pertaining to witchcraft; caused by, or suggesting, magical influence; supernatural; unearthly; wild; as, a weird appearance, look, sound, etc.

    Myself too had weird seizures.
    --Tennyson.

    Those sweet, low tones, that seemed like a weird incantation.
    --Longfellow.

    Weird sisters, the Fates. [Scot.]
    --G. Douglas.

    Note: Shakespeare uses the term for the three witches in Macbeth.

    The weird sisters, hand in hand, Posters of the sea and land.
    --Shak.

Wikipedia
Weird Sisters (disambiguation)

The Weird Sisters or Three Witches are characters in William Shakespeare's play Macbeth.

Weird Sisters may also refer to:

  • Three Weird Sisters (band), a filk band based in Atlanta, Georgia
  • The Weird Sisters (Harry Potter), a fictional rock band in the Harry Potter series
  • The Three Weird Sisters, a 1948 British film
  • The Weird Sisters, fairy characters on Gargoyles based on the Shakespearean characters.
  • The Brides of Dracula, fictional characters

Usage examples of "weird sisters".

When the Weird Sisters finished playing at midnight, everyone gave them a last, loud round of applause and started to wend their way into the entrance hall.

On a bold chance he looked up The Three Weird Sisters in the phone book and dialed their number.

There was a large poster of the Wizarding band the Weird Sisters on one wall, and a picture of Gwenog Jones, Captain of the all-witch Quidditch team the Holyhead Harpies, on the other.

I can break the house up a little bit, weaken it so the Weird Sisters aren't so drawn to it.