The Word of the Day for May 19 is:=20                    weird =01=07 \WEERD\ =01=07 (adjective)=20                   *1 : of, relating to, or caused by witchcraft or the=20 supernatural                   : magical=20                   2 : of strange or extraordinary character : odd, fantasti= c=20                    Example sentence:                   "Hagar, the witch, chanted an awful incantation over her                   kettleful of simmering toads, with weird effect."
(Louisa= =20 May                   Alcott, Little Women)=20                    Did you know?
You may know today's word as a generalized term for anyth= ing                   unusual, but "weird" also has older meanings that are mor= e                   specific.
"Weird" derives from the Old English noun "wyrd= ,"                   essentially meaning "fate."
By the late 8th century, the= =20 plural                   "wyrde" had begun to appear in texts as a gloss for=20 "Parcae,"                   the Latin name for the Fates -- three goddesses who spun,

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The Word of the Day for May <NUMBER> is:=<NUMBER> weird =<NUMBER>=<NUMBER> \WEERD\ =<NUMBER>=<NUMBER> (adjective)=<NUMBER> *<NUMBER> : of, relating to, or caused by witchcraft or the=<NUMBER> supernatural : magical=<NUMBER> <NUMBER> : of strange or extraordinary character : odd, fantasti= c=<NUMBER> Example sentence: "Hagar, the witch, chanted an awful incantation over her kettleful of simmering toads, with weird effect."
(Louisa= =<NUMBER> May Alcott, Little Women)=<NUMBER> Did you know?
You may know today's word as a generalized term for anyth= ing unusual, but "weird" also has older meanings that are mor= e specific.
"Weird" derives from the Old English noun "wyrd= ," essentially meaning "fate."
By the late 0th century, the= =<NUMBER> plural "wyrde" had begun to appear in texts as a gloss for=<NUMBER> "Parcae," the Latin name for the Fates -- three goddesses who spun,
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