ghost


1ghost

noun \ˈgōst\

Definition of GHOST

1
: the seat of life or intelligence : soul <give up the ghost>
2
: a disembodied soul; especially : the soul of a dead person believed to be an inhabitant of the unseen world or to appear to the living in bodily likeness
4
a : a faint shadowy trace <a ghost of a smile> b : the least bit <not a ghost of a chance>
5
: a false image in a photographic negative or on a television screen caused especially by reflection
6
: one who ghostwrites
7
: a red blood cell that has lost its hemoglobin
ghost·like \-ˌlīk\ adjective
ghosty \ˈgō-stē\ adjective

Examples of GHOST

  1. a house haunted by ghosts
  2. <looked for ghosts in the graveyard on Halloween>

Origin of GHOST

Middle English gost, gast, from Old English gāst; akin to Old High German geist spirit, Sanskrit heḍa anger
First Known Use: before 12th century

Other Occult Terms

augury, censor, invocation, lucidity, metempsychosis, mojo, numinous, preternatural, weird, wraith

Rhymes with GHOST

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