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ghostly
English
Etymology
From Middle English gostly, gastlich, from Old English g?stl?? (“spiritual, holy, clerical (not lay), ghastly, ghostly, spectral”), equivalent to ghost +? -ly. Cognate with Scots gostly, gastly, gaistlie (“spiritual, ghastly, terrifying”), West Frisian geastlik (“spiritual, clerical, religious”), Dutch geestelijk (“spiritual, clerical, ecclesiastical”), German geistlich (“spiritual, sacred, religious”), Danish geistlig (“ecclesiastical, clerical”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /??o?stli/
Adjective
ghostly (comparative ghostlier, superlative ghostliest)
- Of or pertaining to ghosts or spirits.
- Spooky; frightening.
- 1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka (republished by Eland, 2019; p. 35):
- Scores of coconut-shell fires blazed with their characteristic glaring white flame, throwing grotesque shadows on the brown thatched huts, dancing in fairylike shimmerings among the domes of coconut fronds, casting ghostly reaches of light through the adjacent graveyards, and silhouetting the forms of pareu-clad natives at work cleaning their fish or laying them on the live coals to broil.
- 2019, Dave Eggers, The Parade, Vintage Books N.Y., p. 134
- His lips were chapped and lined with a ghostly purple fringe.
- 1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka (republished by Eland, 2019; p. 35):
- Relating to the soul; not carnal or secular; spiritual.
- a ghostly confessor
- Save and defend us from our ghostly enemies.
- 1650, Jeremy Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living
- one of the ghostly children of St. Jerome
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:ghostly
Translations
See also
- ghastly
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mystical
English
Alternative forms
- mysticall (obsolete)
- mystickal (obsolete)
Etymology
From mystic +? -al
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?m?st?k?l/, /?m?st?kl?/
Adjective
mystical (comparative more mystical, superlative most mystical)
- Relating to mystics or mysticism.
- Having a spiritual or magical significance that transcends human understanding.
- Inspiring a sense of spiritual mystery, awe, and fascination.
Related terms
- mysterious
- mystery
- mystic
- mysticality
- mysticalness
- mysticism
- mystify
- mystique
Translations
Further reading
- mystical in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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