Witch vs Moloi - What's the difference?
witch | moloi |
A person who practices witchcraft; specifically:
#A woman who is learned in and actively practices witchcraft.
#*(rfdate) Shakespeare:
#*:He cannot abide the old woman of Brentford; he swears she's a witch .
#(label) A Wiccan.
# A man who practices witchcraft.
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#*:Some of the kynges had merueyl of Merlyns wordes and demed well that it shold be as he said / And som of hem lough hym to scorne / as kyng Lot / and mo other called hym a wytche / But thenne were they accorded with Merlyn that kynge Arthur shold come oute and speke with the kynges
#*(rfdate) Wyclif Bible (Acts viii. 9)
#*:There was a man in that city whose name was Simon, a witch .
(label) An ugly or unpleasant woman.
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:(Shakespeare)
One who exercises more-than-common power of attraction; a charming or bewitching person.
One given to mischief, especially a woman or child.
(label) A certain curve of the third order, described by Maria Agnesi under the name versiera .
The stormy petrel.
Any of a number of flatfish:
# (Torbay sole), found in the North Atlantic.
# (megrim), found in the North Atlantic.
#, found near New Zealand.
(obsolete) To practise witchcraft
To bewitch
To dowse for water
A cone of paper which is placed in a vessel of lard or other fat and used as a taper.
English terms with homophones
(Southern Africa) A magician, witch, wizard, or other magic-user, especially in traditional tribal society.
* 1846 , Missionary Register , p. 35:
* 1934 , Essays presented to CG Seligman , Edward Evans-Pritchard, p. 295:
* 1906 , James Frazer, The Golden Bough , Book III, p. 104:
* 1994 , Bret Galloway, Balck Papyrus , Unlimited Publishing 2003, p. 66:
As nouns the difference between witch and moloi
is that witch is a person who practices witchcraft; specifically: or witch can be a cone of paper which is placed in a vessel of lard or other fat and used as a taper while moloi is (southern africa) a magician, witch, wizard, or other magic-user, especially in traditional tribal society.As a verb witch
is (obsolete) to practise witchcraft.witch
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) wicche, from (etyl) .Noun
(es)Synonyms
* (female magic user) wizardess, sorceress * (male magic user) wizard, sorcerer, warlock * (an ugly or unpleasant woman) See ,Derived terms
(terms derived from witch) * bewitch * cold as a witch's tit * man-witch * nonwitch * witch ball * witchcraft * witch doctor * witches' brew * witches' knickers * witches' Sabbath * witchfinder * witch grass * witch hazel * witch-hunt * witching hour * witchyExternal links
* (projectlink) * (Arnoglossus scapha) * (Arnoglossus scapha)Verb
(es)- 'It approaches the witching hour'.
Derived terms
* witcherSee also
(other terms of interest) * athame * black magic * channelling * chiromancer * coven * crystal ball * curse * enchantment * familiar * fortuneteller * galdur * grimoire * hex * hoodoo * jinx * lamia * medium * necromancy * occultism * palmist * poppet * Sabbath * Satanism * scry * shaman * sorcery * spell * talisman * tarot * warlock * wicca * wizardEtymology 2
Compare wick.Noun
(es)moloi
English
Noun
(baloi)- At dead of night the baloi issue forth from their homes.
- Sometimes the moloi conceals a bundle of rags containing "doctored" roots and other substances in the eaves of his victim's hut [...].
- The graves of Basuto chiefs are kept secret lest certain more or less imaginary witches and wizards called Baloi , who haunt tombs, should get possession of the bones and work magic with them.
- And time and again they have told me one thing – this woman is not a moloi .