spookery

spookery
\\-kərē\ noun (-es)
Etymology: spook (I) + -ery
: something that is concerned with or characteristic of spooks : something that is spooky

exchange of spookeries between disembodied voices — Edmond Taylor

with this spookery she mingles fragments of mysticism — Nation


Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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