Unheimlich

//ʊnˈhaɪmlɪx// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Weird, uncanny.

    "My point is that there is no grand single line, everything is in bits, & often absolutely dead, & always very unheimlich, almost macabre."

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"My point is that there is no grand single line, everything is in bits, & often absolutely dead, & always very unheimlich, almost macabre."

Etymology

Borrowed from German unheimlich.

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