obeah
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
(countable, uncountable)A form of folk magic, medicine or witchcraft originating in Africa and practised in parts of the Caribbean.
- 2.
(countable, uncountable)A magician or witch doctor of the magic craft.
Đồng nghĩa: mage, shaman, spellcaster, archmage, archmagician, bewitcher, charmer, conjurer, illusionist, Karcist, mage, magic user, magus, obeah, shaman, sortileger, spellbinder, spellcaster, spellmaker, thaumaturge, theurgist, whizz, whiz, witch doctor, wiz, wonderworker
- 3.
(countable, uncountable)A spell performed in the practice of the magic craft; an item associated with such a spell.
Đồng nghĩa: enchantment, makutu, wanga, cantrip, chantment, charm, craft, dwimmer, enchantment, hex, incantation, magic, magic spell, makutu, mojo, obeah, pishogue, rune, spell, spellword, wanga
Động từ
verb- 1.
(transitive)To bewitch using this kind of folk magic.
A poor old woman who thinks she has been Obeahed lies ill in an isolated hut on the short cut to New Castle. I discovered her while out shooting, and promised to send her medical aid. Her case is pressing.
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Nguồn gốc từ
; apparently from a Caribbean creole, probably ultimately from a West African language. The Oxford English Dictionary points to ig abià, obìa (doctor, healer). Cognate of obiya, obia, and obia.