Definition of Ouija

1. Noun. A board with the alphabet on it; used with a planchette to spell out supernatural messages.

Exact synonyms: Ouija Board
Generic synonyms: Board, Gameboard
Terms within: Planchette

Definition of Ouija

1. Noun. A board, having letters of the alphabet and the words yes and no; used with a planchette during a seance to "communicate" with spirits. ¹

2. Noun. (alternative form of Ouija) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ouija

1. a board used in seances [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ouija

Ottowan
Ottowans
Ottumwa
Otus
Otus asio
Otus scops
Otus sunia
Ouachita
Ouachita River
Ouagadougou
Ouchterlony
Ouchterlony method
Ouchterlony technique
Ouchterlony test
Ouija (current term)
Ouija board
Ouijas
Oujda
Oulipian
Oulipians
Oulu
Our Father
Our Lady
Our Lady's bedstraw
Our Lady's mild thistle
Our Lady of Sorrows
Our Lord's candle
Ouranopithecus
Ouranos

Literary usage of Ouija

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research by American Society for Psychical Research (1908)
"EXPERIMENTS WITH THE Ouija AND OTHER PHENOMENA. ... This is probably the judgment that can be passed on a number of the other incidents in the Ouija record. ..."

2. Voices from the Void: Six Years' Experience in Automatic Communications by Hester Travers Smith (1919)
"Be sure that the seats at the ouija-table are high enough to allow the sitters' hands to be on a level with it so that there is no strain on the arm and the ..."

3. Proceedings of the American Society for Psychical Research by American Society for Psychical Research (1914)
"Some have been experimenting in thought transference, others in automatic writing, some using the so-called ouija board and some have had regular sittings ..."

4. The Great Valley by Edgar Lee Masters (1916)
"IV THE Ouija BOARD (David Kennison died in Chicago February 2j.th, 1852, aged z/5 years, j months and /7 days. ..."

5. Immortality and Theism by William Wallace Fenn (1921)
"I have never visited a psychic, seen a table tip, or watched the whirling pointer of a ouija board, ..."

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