SUPERSTITION, SUPERSTITIOUS
ADJECTIVES
► NARROW-NEBBED superstitiously struck; narrow in one’s religious views; apt to take offense → 1899 Sc.
NOUNS
► MUMBO JUMBO an object of superstitious awe or blind veneration → 1773 obs.
► SUPERSTITIOSITIES superstitious beliefs or observances → c1400 obs.
► THREEN ► THRENE a story or tradition of a ghostly and generally superstitious nature → 1720 Sc.
► VERDIE a superstition, a charm; a spoken formula or ritual action which is supposed to bring luck → 1879 Sc.
NOUNS – PERSON
► CITIREEN an old resident, an old-timer, and old fogy of either sex, esp. one familiar with all the old signs and superstitions → 1929 Amer. dial.
VERBS
► THRENE ► THREEN to tell superstitious tales or ghost stories → 1898 Sc.
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