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Hallowe'eny en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English Hallowe'en Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English Hallowe'eny From Hallowe'en + -y.

Meanings

1. Evocative of Hallowe'en; creepy, spooky.
   • Thus, as in Villon's "Ballade des pendus," the joy here is largely necrophilic and adolescent-spooky or Hallowe'eny. 1973, Robert Greer Cohn, The Poetry of Rimbaud:
   • The barn was dim and shadowy in the dusk of the October evening — "very Hallowe'eny," as Max said. 1913, Mormon Church, The Children's Friend:

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