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Eldredge

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  [el-dris] /ˈɛl drɪs/ noun 1. a laywoman who is a governing officer in certain Protestant churches.

• Eldrich

  [el-drich] /ˈɛl drɪtʃ/ adjective 1. eerie; weird; spooky. /ˈɛldrɪtʃ/ adjective 1. (poetic, Scot) unearthly; weird adj. c.1500, apparently somehow from elf (cf. Scottish variant elphrish), an explanation OED finds “suitable;” Watkins connects its elements with Old English el- “else, otherwise” and rice “realm.”

• Eldridge

  [el-drij] /ˈɛl drɪdʒ/ noun 1. (David) Roy, 1911–1989, U.S. jazz trumpeter. 2. a male given name.

• Eldritch

  [el-drich] /ˈɛl drɪtʃ/ adjective 1. eerie; weird; spooky. /ˈɛldrɪtʃ/ adjective 1. (poetic, Scot) unearthly; weird adj. c.1500, apparently somehow from elf (cf. Scottish variant elphrish), an explanation OED finds “suitable;” Watkins connects its elements with Old English el- “else, otherwise” and rice “realm.”

• Elds

  [eld] /ɛld/ noun, Archaic. 1. . 2. . 3. . /ɛld/ noun (archaic) 1. old age 2. olden days; antiquity poetic or archaic form of old; in some cases from Old English eald. electroluminescent display

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