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Elphaba busies herself trying to expose the corruption helmed by the Wizard of Oz (Jeff Goldblum), while Glinda dons a tiara and becomes the people’s princess of the Emerald City, playing directly into the faux warlock’s agenda.—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 5 June 2025 This month, revelers across the nation are dressing up as witches and warlocks.—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Oct. 2024 Salem, a 500-year-old human warlock sentenced to live for 100 years as a cat as punishment for his magical hubris, embodies this tension brilliantly.—Katie Rife, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2024 Dressed in their costumes—which often include pointy hats and billowing robes—the paddling witches and warlocks become striking silhouettes on the horizon.—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for warlock
Word History
Etymology
Middle English warloghe, from Old English wǣrloga one that breaks faith, the Devil, from wǣr faith, troth + -loga (from lēogan to lie); akin to Old English wǣr true — more at very, lie
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