Edgar
Wealthy spearman, etymologically
Edgar is a masculine given name of Old English origin.
It enjoyed royal associations in medieval England and experienced revival in the 19th century.
The name appears in literary contexts—Edgar Allan Poe, King Lear's Edgar—and remains in moderate use today: My uncle Edgar still sends birthday cards by mail.
American gothic writer's surname
- RavenDark-feathered namesake
- gothicDark, mysterious aesthetic
- macabreDisturbing, death-obsessed
- horrorExtreme fear or disgust
telltale · Usher · Annabel · nevermore · Baltimore · crypts · detective · mystery
Creator of written works
- writerCreator of texts
- poetWriter of verse
- storytellingRecounting events aloud
- narrativeAccount of events
prose · fiction · tale · genre · literature · manuscript · romanticism · Victorian
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- royalOf monarchs
- Anglo-SaxonPre-Conquest British Germanic peoples
- kingMale crowned ruler
- EnglishBritain's native tongue
noble · historic · medieval · Shakespearean · Gloucester · Lear · given name · masculine
Disturbingly unforgettable
- melancholySubdued, lasting sadness
- morbidUnhealthily drawn to darkness
- shadowyObscured by darkness
- eerieDisturbingly strange
gloomy · dread · foreboding · suspense · tension · decay · ruin · cryptic
Spirits of the deceased
- apparitionsSupernatural visible manifestations
- spiritSoul, mood, or liquor
- afterlifeExistence beyond mortality
- paranormalBeyond scientific explanation
occult · séance · mesmerism · resurrection · undead · phantasm · specter · hallucination
Poe
American gothic writer's surname
horror · telltale · Usher · Annabel · nevermore · Baltimore · crypts · detective · mystery · poetry
author
Creator of written works
- writerCreator of texts
- poetWriter of verse
- storytellingRecounting events aloud
narrative · prose · fiction · tale · genre · literature · manuscript · romanticism · Victorian · American
Allen
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- royalOf monarchs
- Anglo-SaxonPre-Conquest British Germanic peoples
- kingMale crowned ruler
English · noble · historic · medieval · Shakespearean · Gloucester · Lear · given name · masculine
haunting
Disturbingly unforgettable
- melancholySubdued, lasting sadness
- morbidUnhealthily drawn to darkness
- shadowyObscured by darkness
eerie · gloomy · dread · foreboding · suspense · tension · decay · ruin · cryptic · veiled
ghosts
Spirits of the deceased
- apparitionsSupernatural visible manifestations
- spiritSoul, mood, or liquor
- afterlifeExistence beyond mortality
paranormal · occult · séance · mesmerism · resurrection · undead · phantasm · specter · hallucination · delirium
- Old-Fashioned NamesMildred, Gertrude, Ethel, Edna, Bertha
- Anglo-Saxon NamesEdmund, Edward, Godwin, Oswald, Alfred
- PoeThe Raven, The Tell-Tale Heart, Annabel Lee, The Black Cat, Lenore
- Anglo-Saxon BritainAlfred the Great, Edward the Confessor, Edmund, Canute, Harold Godwinson
- Edgar CountyKansas, Hume, Vermilion, Grandview, Oliver
- British NamesElizabeth, George, Henry, William, Victoria
- on edgeTense and anxious
- on the edgeIn precarious position
- cutting edgeMost advanced currently available
- take the edge offDiminish severity or sharpness
- rough edgesUnfinished imperfections needing polish
- double-edged swordAdvantage with inherent dangers