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ˈspookery colloq.
[f. spook n. + -ery.]
Spookiness, eeriness; also, something spooky.
1893Athenæum 18 Feb. 214/1 The writer drags in sundry ‘hauntings’ and ‘spookeries’ of a mild nature. 1894Contemp. Rev. LXVI. 651 The spookery business could not have saved him. 1927[see psych n. 2 a]. 1935Times Lit. Suppl. 3 Jan. 10/4 The author does not exclude provincial and foreign spookeries. 1960Times 20 Aug. 3/7 Der Freischütz ..the quintessence of early romanticism with its naive spookery. 1973E. Pace Any War will Do (1974) i. 23 Taking corners too quickly seemed to be another sign of the immaturity..that makes a man opt for the profitless thrills of ‘spookery’ in the first place. |