Hallowe'eny

adjective

Evocative of Hallowe'en; creepy, spooky.

Meanings

adjectiveHallowe'eny (comparative Hallowe'enier, superlative Hallowe'eniest)

comparative Hallowe'enier · superlative Hallowe'eniest · alternative Halloweeny

  1. Evocative of Hallowe'en; creepy, spooky.

    The barn was dim and shadowy in the dusk of the October evening — "very Hallowe'eny," as Max said.

    1913, Mormon Church, The Children's Friend
    1 more example

    Thus, as in Villon's "Ballade des pendus," the joy here is largely necrophilic and adolescent-spooky or Hallowe'eny.

    1973, Robert Greer Cohn, The Poetry of Rimbaud

Origin

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