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wraith
[ reyth ]
noun
- an apparition of a living person supposed to portend their death.
- a visible spirit.
wraith
/ reɪθ /
noun
- the apparition of a person living or thought to be alive, supposed to appear around the time of his death
- a ghost or any apparition
- an insubstantial copy of something
- something pale, thin, and lacking in substance, such as a column of smoke
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Derived Forms
- ˈwraithˌlike, adjective
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Other Words From
- wraithlike adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of wraith1
First recorded in 1505–15; originally Scots; origin uncertain
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Word History and Origins
Origin of wraith1
C16: Scottish, of unknown origin
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Example Sentences
Eulálio ends up being an idol, a wraith who, at 150, is not quite dead and not quite living.
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The wraith-like coils that had left the mass above had straightened to sharp spear-heads of speed.
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But I could smell the lilacs she had left, and the scent of them seemed like the wraith of her presence in the sunny room.
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Like a little wraith miraculously tinted with bronze and blue she stopped and faced him piteously for a second.
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Quite true, fair wraith; but you are not the only ghost at this dance to-night.
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Moya faced them tensely, a slim wraith of a girl with dark eyes that blazed.
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