witchy

adjective

ˈwichē 

-chi

-er/-est

1

: resembling or characteristic of a witch : malevolent, witchlike

a terrible little woman, a little witchy moron

—Peggy Bennett

2

: produced by or suggestive of witchcraft

witchy little houses … straight from a child's book of fairy tales

—William Sansom

there was a round moon … and the yard was full of a white witchy radiance

—C. G. D. Roberts

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