merwitch

merwitch

English

Etymology

mer- +‎ witch

Noun

merwitch (plural merwitches)

1. (fantasy) A mermaid witch.
   • 2013, Jessica Eppley, The Book of Siavon, Volume 2, Booktango (2013), →ISBN, unnumbered page:

     […] You see, we have been hunting the merwitch's slimy giant eel for many years now and always fall short of destroying it. […]

   • 2013, Missy Fleming, Into the Deep, Fire and Ice (2013), →ISBN, page 59:

     "Sharks are unique, temperamental, always have been. Now they're under the control of Calandra, a particularly nasty merwitch whose goal is to rule the oceans."

   • 2014, Mary Man-Kong, Magical Mermaid Adventure, Random House Children's Books (2014), →ISBN, unnumbered page:

     The merwitch slowly opened her eyes.