entrisch
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From Middle High German entrisch (“archaic, ancient, dreadful, outrageous, egregious”), from Old High German entrisk, enterisk (“old, archaic, ancient, strange”, literally “from before, beginning-ish”), from Proto-West Germanic *andi, from Proto-Germanic *andiz (“early, before”). Related to Old High German entisk (“old”), Old Dutch endisk, entisk (“old”).
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entrisch (comparative entrischer, superlative entrischstn)
- uncanny, weird
- causing a feeling of uneasiness; eerie, creepy, spooky; frightening
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Etymology edit
From Middle High German entrisch (“archaic, ancient, dreadful, outrageous, egregious”), from Old High German entrisk, enterisk (“old, archaic, ancient, strange”, literally “from before, beginning-ish”), from Proto-West Germanic *andi, from Proto-Germanic *andiz (“early, before”). Related to Old High German entisk (“old”), Old Dutch endisk, entisk (“old”).
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entrisch (strong nominative masculine singular entrischer, comparative entrischer, superlative am entrischsten)
- (archaic or dialectal, Bavaria, Austria) uncanny, weird
- (archaic or dialectal, Bavaria, Austria) causing a feeling of uneasiness; eerie, creepy, spooky; frightening
- (archaic or dialectal, Bavaria, Austria) tremendous, immense