Quidditch

Meaning

1. Alternative letter-case form of Quidditch.
2. A fictional ball game played between two teams of seven players riding flying broomsticks, using four balls and six elevated ring-shaped goals.
3. Muggle quidditch

Etymology / origin

Coined by British author J. K. Rowling in her 1997 book Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. In Quidditch Through the Ages, Rowling gives some etymological information, hinting that the word evolved from Queerditch (compound of queer + ditch), with some spelling variation as would be expected in real life Middle English, namely Kwidditch, Kweerditch.

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