wraith

Senso (Inglese)

A ghost or specter, especially a person's likeness seen just after their death.

Frequenza

C2
Pronunciato come (IPA)
/ɹeɪθ/
Etimologia (Inglese)

In summary

Borrowed from Middle Scots wraith, first attested in 1513 as a translation of the Aeneid. The word has no certain etymology; it may be a transferred use of Middle Scots wraith, wrath (nominally "anger, rage", adjectivally "angry, wrathful"), thus connecting it to writhe and making it doublet of wrath and wroth.

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