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Eerie — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Eerie fue el título de una revista estadounidense especializada en historieta de terror, publicada por Warren Publishing desde 1966 a 1983. Contenido Constó de 145 números, en los que se publicaron por primera vez… … Wikipedia Español
Eerie — Pays États Unis Langue anglais Périodicité bimensuel, puis 9 numéros/an Genre comics, horreur Prix au numéro de 0,35 USD à 2,75 USD Date de fondation début 1966 … Wikipédia en Français
Eerie — Ee rie, Eery Ee ry, a. [Scotch, fr. AS. earh timid.] 1. Serving to inspire fear, esp. a dread of seeing ghosts; wild; weird; as, eerie stories. [1913 Webster] She whose elfin prancer springs By night to eery warblings. Tennyson. [1913 Webster] 2 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
eerie — index sinister Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
eerie — c.1300, fearful, timid, north England and Scottish variant of O.E. earg cowardly, fearful, from P.Gmc. *argaz (Cf. O.Fris. erg evil, bad, M.Du. arch bad, Du. arg, O.H.G. arg cowardly, worthless, Ger. arg bad, wicked, O.N. argr … Etymology dictionary
eerie — *weird, uncanny Analogous words: *fantastic, bizarre, grotesque: *mysterious, inscrutable, arcane: *fearful, awful, dreadful, horrific: *strange, odd, queer, curious, peculiar … New Dictionary of Synonyms
eerie — [adj] spooky awesome, bizarre, crawly, creepy, fantastic, fearful, frightening, ghostly, mysterious, scary, spectral, strange, supernatural, superstitious, uncanny, unearthly, weird; concept 537 Ant. funny, normal, ordinary, silly … New thesaurus
eerie — ► ADJECTIVE (eerier, eeriest) ▪ strange and frightening. DERIVATIVES eerily adverb eeriness noun. ORIGIN originally northern English and Scots in the sense «fearful»: probably from Old English, «cowardly» … English terms dictionary
eerie — or eery [ir′ē, ē′rē] adj. eerier, eeriest [N Eng dial & Scot < ME eri, filled with dread, prob. var. of erg, cowardly, timid < OE earg, akin to Ger arg, bad, wicked: for IE base see ORCHESTRA] 1. Now Rare timid or frightened; uneasy because … English World dictionary
Eerie — For other uses, see Eerie (disambiguation). Eerie Eerie #11 (1967). Cover art by Joe Orlando Publication information Publisher … Wikipedia
eerie — also eery adjective (eerier; est) Etymology: Middle English (northern dialect) eri Date: 14th century 1. chiefly Scottish affected with fright ; scared 2. so mysterious, strange, or unexpected as to send a chill up the spine < a coyote s eerie… … New Collegiate Dictionary
