eerie

Meaning

Adjective

Strange, weird, fear-inspiring.
Frightened, timid.

Origin

From Middle English eri ("fearful"), from Old English earg ("cowardly, fearful"), from Proto-Germanic *argaz. Akin to Scots argh from the same Old English source. argh.

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