Fate; destiny; luck.
"The weird coincidence that led us to meet at the exact same coffee shop felt like pure fate."
In plain English: A weird is an unusual or strange person who behaves in ways that are hard to understand.
"The weird at that party was the guy who talked to himself on the street."
To destine; doom; change by witchcraft or sorcery.
"The old crone warned that if he ignored her advice, she would weird his soul to walk forever as a ghost."
In plain English: To weird someone is to make them feel uncomfortable or strange by acting in an unusual way.
"No, he doesn't actually weird people out; he just asks them strange questions."
Having an unusually strange character or behaviour.
"The author coined the term W.E.I.R.D. to categorize cultural practices common in North America but unfamiliar elsewhere."
Abbreviation of Western, educated, industrialized, rich and democratic.
In plain English: Weird means strange or unusual in a way that feels a little bit off or hard to explain.
Usage: Use "weird" to describe something that causes confusion, fear, or unease due to its unusual nature rather than just being different. It is often interchangeable with "strange," but implies a stronger sense of oddity that might be unsettling.
In a strange manner.
"He walked weirdly across the room, as if his legs were tangled in invisible knots."
In plain English: Weirdly means in an unusual or strange way that doesn't quite make sense.
"The strange noises made him feel weird out in the dark house."
The word weird comes from the Old English wyrd, which originally meant "fate." It traces its roots back to a Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to turn" or "wind."