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When was weird used in English?

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Anonymous

15y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

In the sentence above....

But in all seriousness, The term developed into the modern English adjective "weird" around 1400, and was originally used as an adjective for "weird sisters."

The meaning of "odd" is first attested in 1815.

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