Толковый словарь английского языка - voodoo
Voodoo
voodoo
I. noun (plural ~s) Etymology: Louisiana Creole voudou, probably from Ewe vódũ tutelary deity Date: 1850 a religion that is derived from African polytheism and ancestor worship and is practiced chiefly in Haiti, 2. a person who deals in spells and necromancy, b. a sorcerer's spell ; hex , a hexed object ; charm , II. transitive verb Date: 1880 to bewitch by or as if by means of ~ ; hex , III. adjective Date: 1880 of, relating to, or practicing ~ , based on highly improbable suppositions ; extremely implausible or unrealistic
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n. & v. --n. 1 use of or belief in religious witchcraft as practised among Blacks esp. in the W. Indies. 2 a person skilled in this. 3 a voodoo spell. --v.tr. (voodoos, voodooed) affect by voodoo; bewitch. Derivatives voodooism n. voodooist n. Etymology: Dahomey vodu ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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