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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