wraith´like´

wraith´like´
wraith «rayth», noun.
1. the ghost of a person seen bere or soon after his death.
2. a specter; ghost. SYNONYM(S): apparition.
[perhaps < Old English wrāth wroth, in sense of “angry person or spirit”]
wraith´like´, adjective.

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