ghosthoodn.

Brit.

/ˈɡəʊsthʊd/, U.S.

/ˈɡoʊstˌ(h)ʊd/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ghost n., -hood suffix.

Etymology: < ghost n. + -hood suffix. Compare earlier ghostship n.¹ 2.

1. The state or condition of being a ghost.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > ghost or phantom > [noun] > state of being

ghostliness1657

ghostism1782

ghostship1796

ghosthood1842

ghostdom1846

spectrality1850

ghostiness1874

spectralness1892

life-in-death1901

1842 C. G. F. Gore Cossack's Grave i, in Fascination III. 11 Men only are entitled to the honours of ghosthood, without including quadrupeds in the airy distinction.

1889 Daily News 12 Dec. 5/3 It is difficult for a ghost to become a man, because it has fallen to ghosthood, and because it has lost manhood.

1938 Daily Mercury (Mackay, Queensland) 11 Mar. 2/5 I have that peculiar and often extremely useful capacity of assuming a nebulous form at will. That is one of the undeniable advantages of ghosthood.

2017 Bristol Post (Nexis) 3 Jan. 8 I got online to see if I could trace any female Groveses who might qualify for ghosthood—murder victims or suicides, say.

†2. Ghosts collectively. Chiefly in ghosthood suffrage (cf. ghost voter at ghost n. and adj. Compounds 1b), with humorous and depreciative allusion to manhood suffrage n. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > ghost or phantom > [noun] > collectively

phantomry1835

ghosthood1856

1856 J. D. Devlin Contract Reform 3 Considered in connexion with the pay [for shaving the paupers], a farthing a chin, or ‘four-e-penny all round!’ a remuneration which cannot but harrow on the hearing of the ghosthood of barbers of the by-gone better times.

1884 Sat. Rev. 22 Nov. 651/1 How long are we to wait for Ghosthood Suffrage and Haunted Electoral Districts?

1894 Longman's Mag. Jan. 323 Till we have Ghosthood Suffrage, and an organised Independent Spectre Party, these poor fugitive fellow-creatures of ours will never get fair treatment.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ghosthood
释义	ghosthoodn. Brit. /ˈɡəʊsthʊd/, U.S. /ˈɡoʊstˌ(h)ʊd/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ghost n., -hood suffix. Etymology: < ghost n. + -hood suffix. Compare earlier ghostship n.¹ 2. 1. The state or condition of being a ghost. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > ghost or phantom > [noun] > state of being ghostliness1657 ghostism1782 ghostship1796 ghosthood1842 ghostdom1846 spectrality1850 ghostiness1874 spectralness1892 life-in-death1901 1842 C. G. F. Gore Cossack's Grave i, in Fascination III. 11 Men only are entitled to the honours of ghosthood, without including quadrupeds in the airy distinction. 1889 Daily News 12 Dec. 5/3 It is difficult for a ghost to become a man, because it has fallen to ghosthood, and because it has lost manhood. 1938 Daily Mercury (Mackay, Queensland) 11 Mar. 2/5 I have that peculiar and often extremely useful capacity of assuming a nebulous form at will. That is one of the undeniable advantages of ghosthood. 2017 Bristol Post (Nexis) 3 Jan. 8 I got online to see if I could trace any female Groveses who might qualify for ghosthood—murder victims or suicides, say. †2. Ghosts collectively. Chiefly in ghosthood suffrage (cf. ghost voter at ghost n. and adj. Compounds 1b), with humorous and depreciative allusion to manhood suffrage n. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > ghost or phantom > [noun] > collectively phantomry1835 ghosthood1856 1856 J. D. Devlin Contract Reform 3 Considered in connexion with the pay [for shaving the paupers], a farthing a chin, or ‘four-e-penny all round!’ a remuneration which cannot but harrow on the hearing of the ghosthood of barbers of the by-gone better times. 1884 Sat. Rev. 22 Nov. 651/1 How long are we to wait for Ghosthood Suffrage and Haunted Electoral Districts? 1894 Longman's Mag. Jan. 323 Till we have Ghosthood Suffrage, and an organised Independent Spectre Party, these poor fugitive fellow-creatures of ours will never get fair treatment. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1842
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