wraith
Meaning
A ghost or specter, especially a person's likeness seen just after their death.
Synonyms
Translations
fantôme
fantasma
fantasma
φάντασμα
tayf
Gespenst
schim
fantasma φάντασμα νεκρούFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɹeɪθ/
Etymology
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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