Meanings
comparative Hallowe'enier · superlative Hallowe'eniest · alternative Halloweeny
- 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 Friend1 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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Hallowe'eny. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hallowe'eny
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