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   Ghost

   /ɡōst/

   

   noun

   • 1. an apparition of a dead person which is believed to appear or become manifest to the living, typically as a nebulous image: "the building is haunted by the ghost of a monk" Similar specterphantomwraithspiritsoulshadowpresencevisionapparitionhallucinationbodachDoppelgängerduppyinformal:spookliterary:phantasmshaderevenantvisitantwightrare:eidolonmaneslemures
   • ▪ a faint trace of something: "she gave the ghost of a smile" Similar tracehintsuggestionimpressionfaint appearancetouchsuspiciontingemodicumdashsoupçonglimmersemblanceshadowbreathwhiffundertonewhisper
   • ▪ a faint secondary image produced by a fault in an optical system or on a cathode ray screen, e.g., by faulty television reception or internal reflection in a mirror or camera.

   verb

   • 1. act as ghostwriter of (a work): "his memoirs were smoothly ghosted by a journalist"
   • 2. glide smoothly and effortlessly: "they ghosted up the river"
   • 3. end a personal relationship with (someone) by suddenly and without explanation withdrawing from all communication: "I didn't want to ghost her, so we ended up having ‘the talk’ and it was horrible"

   Word Origin Old Englishgāst (in the sense ‘spirit, soul’), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch geest and German Geist. The gh- spelling occurs first in Caxton, probably influenced by Flemish gheest.

   Derivatives

   • 1. ghostlike adjective

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