ghostly
Meaning
- Of or pertaining to ghosts or spirits.
- Spooky; frightening.
- (archaic) Relating to the soul; not carnal or secular; spiritual.
Synonyms
Translations
spettrale
fantasmal
geisterhaft
fantasmagórico
άυλος πνευματικός
de fantôme ως φάντασμαFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɡoʊstli/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English gostly, gastlich, from Old English gāstlīċ (“spiritual, holy, clerical (not lay), ghastly, ghostly, spectral”), from Proto-West Germanic *gaistalīk (“spiritual”), equivalent to ghost + -ly. Cognate with Scots ghaistly, gaistly (“spiritual, ghastly, terrifying”), West Frisian geastlik (“spiritual, clerical, religious”), Dutch geestelijk (“spiritual, clerical, ecclesiastical”), German geistlich (“spiritual, sacred, religious”), Danish geistlig (“ecclesiastical, clerical”).
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