witch

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
witch/wɪtʃ/

▶noun

• 1 a woman thought to have evil magical powers.

  ■ a follower or practitioner of modern witchcraft.

• 2 informal an ugly or unpleasant old woman.

• 3 a fascinatingly attractive girl or woman.

• 4 an edible North Atlantic flatfish. [Glyptocephalus cynoglossus.]

▶verb

• 1 cast an evil spell on.

• 2 (of a woman) enchant (a man).

– derivatives
witchlike adjective,
witchy adjective.

– origin OE wicca (masc.), wicce (fem.), wiccian (v.).