English Explanatory Dictionary

witch-ridden

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Thin and weak; (figuratively) thinly populated.

Word forms

witch-ridden

Etymology

Originally used to describe horses that remained thin and did not thrive despite feeding, from the notion in folklore that witches rode (and tired out) such horses at night.

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