ghastly

Significado (Inglés)

Frecuencia

C2
Pronúnciase como (IPA)
/ˈɡɑːs(t).li/
Etimoloxía (Inglés)

From a conflation of gastly, from Middle English gastly, from gasten (from Old English gǣstan (“to torment, frighten”)) + -ly, and ghostly (which was also spelt gastlich in Middle English). Equivalent to ghast/gast + -ly. Spelling with gh developed in the 16th century due to the conflation.

Mellora a túa pronuncia

Notes

Sign in to write sticky notes