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ˈspookist
[f. spook n. + -ist.]
A spiritualist or medium.
1902G. W. E. Russell For Better? For Worse? xi. 171 A man whom I knew well was taken suddenly and seriously ill, and his relations, who were enthusiastic spookists, telegraphed for the celebrated clairvoyante Mrs Endor. 1920M. Asquith Autobiogr. I. v. 72 If he could ‘get through’—to use the orthodox expression of the spookists—he would find all his opinions on this subject more than justified. 1959Listener 9 Apr. 645/1 This eminent spookist had such a look of the slim operator. |