ghostlinessn.

Brit.

/ˈɡəʊs(t)lɪnᵻs/, U.S.

/ˈɡoʊs(t)linᵻs/

Forms: late Old English gastlicenysse, Middle English gastlines (northern), Middle English goostlines, Middle English goostlynes, Middle English Goostlyness, Middle English gostlyneses (probably transmission error), Middle English–1500s ghostlines, Middle English–1500s ghostlynes, Middle English–1500s gostlynesse, 1500s ghostlynesse, 1500s gostlinesse, 1500s gostlynes, 1500s–1600s ghostlinesse, 1600s– ghostliness.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ghostly adj., -ness suffix.

Etymology: < ghostly adj. + -ness suffix.

a. Spirituality; spiritual nature or existence. In later use typically with reference to the spiritual role or authority of the church and clergy (cf. ghostly adj. 3a, 4). Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > [noun]

ghostlinesslOE

spiritala1393

spiritualtya1398

spiritualtyc1400

spiritualityc1485

inhabitation1615

spiritual-mindedness1647

spiritual1649

sprituality1694

spiritualism1744

otherworldliness1817

disattachment1846

supersensualism1847

otherworldism1872

other-worldness1872

upliftedness1893

the world > existence and causation > existence > materiality > immateriality > [noun] > spirituality or being incorporeal

ghostlinesslOE

spiritaltya1500

spiritualness?1526

spirituality1632

spiritality1677

supersensuousness1842

spiritualism1853

lOE Homily (Corpus Cambr. 302) in J. Bazire & J. E. Cross Eleven Old Eng. Rogationtide Homilies (1989) 70 Mænig mann..næfð þæt andgyt hwæt þa gastlican leoht synd, buton hit hym seo gastlicenysse gerece swa hit gecweden ys on gastlicum gewritum þurh gastlice leorneras.

?a1425 (a1396) W. Hilton Scale of Perfection (Lamb. 472) (2000) ii. iv. 163 Othir chaungynge feelist thou noon fro fleischliheed into goostlinesse.

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection Pref. sig. Aii^v Shal be ryght delectable & pleasaunt, specially to al them that loueth gostlynesse.

1563 T. Becon Reliques of Rome (rev. ed.) f. 49^v For all hys ghostlinesse, religion, fayth, & lyfe consisteth with them onely in their white garmentes or coules.

1775 Gentleman's Mag. Dec. 628/2 The first letter, G, shews..his Ghostliness, Gospel, and Grace.

1835 Christian Mag. May 148 The young ladies..are taught to consider him and call him their ‘Ghostly Father’; but all the ghostliness that his Right Rev. seems to possess is in the name.

1893 J. B. Brown Stoics & Saints v. 122 This intrusion of a ghostly man of an inferior order of ghostliness, would cause some soreness in the monastery.

†b. Spiritual matters or concerns; matters or affairs relating to religion. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > materiality > immateriality > [noun] > spirituality or being incorporeal > spiritual matters, ideas, or doctrine

ghostlinessa1400

ghostliheadc1450

spiritualityc1450

spirituals1582

supersensualism1847

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 6449 To þaa [sc. wranges] þat gret birþin bar, Namli þat fel to gastli-nes, Suld vissed be thoru moyses.

a1425 (?a1400) Cloud of Unknowing (Harl. 674) (1944) 75 (MED) In goostlynes alle is one, heiȝt & depnes, lengðe & brede.

2. The quality or condition of being ghostly (ghostly adj. 6); esp. the quality of resembling or being reminiscent of a ghost, spectre, etc., typically in appearance or sound, or of having an eerie or haunting atmosphere.The usual sense from the mid 17th cent.

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

1657 J. Bedford Perusal Old Statute 31 As in the saints though sin remain, yet the dominion is taken away: so though death remains, the ghostliness, the evil, the horror of death is removed and taken away by Jesus Christ.

1685 C. Cotton tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. I. xix. 133 A dark Room set round with burning Tapers, our Beds environed with Physicians and Divines; in sum, nothing but Ghostliness and Horror round about us, render it so formidable, that a Man almost fancies himself dead and buried already.

1850 E. K. Kane Jrnl. 21 Dec. in U.S. Grinnell Exped. (1853) xxxi. 266 One of them..told me, with an utter unconsciousness of his own ghostliness, that I was the palest of the party.

1883 Harper's Mag. June 131/1 Here among these hills with all their ghostliness she would haunt me.

1912 J. Conrad 'Twixt Land & Sea (1921) 232 The brig on the reef, looted by the natives from the coast villages, acquired gradually the lamentable aspect, the grey ghostliness of a wreck.

2019 C. S. Harrison Dreams Vanishing Afr. (e-book, accessed 27 Jan. 2021) A mist rolls in, obscuring the sunlight and lending an eerie ghostliness to the spot.

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

单词	ghostliness
释义	ghostlinessn. Brit. /ˈɡəʊs(t)lɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈɡoʊs(t)linᵻs/ Forms: late Old English gastlicenysse, Middle English gastlines (northern), Middle English goostlines, Middle English goostlynes, Middle English Goostlyness, Middle English gostlyneses (probably transmission error), Middle English–1500s ghostlines, Middle English–1500s ghostlynes, Middle English–1500s gostlynesse, 1500s ghostlynesse, 1500s gostlinesse, 1500s gostlynes, 1500s–1600s ghostlinesse, 1600s– ghostliness. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ghostly adj., -ness suffix. Etymology: < ghostly adj. + -ness suffix. 1. a. Spirituality; spiritual nature or existence. In later use typically with reference to the spiritual role or authority of the church and clergy (cf. ghostly adj. 3a, 4). Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > [noun] ghostlinesslOE spiritala1393 spiritualtya1398 spiritualtyc1400 spiritualityc1485 inhabitation1615 spiritual-mindedness1647 spiritual1649 sprituality1694 spiritualism1744 otherworldliness1817 disattachment1846 supersensualism1847 otherworldism1872 other-worldness1872 upliftedness1893 the world > existence and causation > existence > materiality > immateriality > [noun] > spirituality or being incorporeal ghostlinesslOE spiritaltya1500 spiritualness?1526 spirituality1632 spiritality1677 supersensuousness1842 spiritualism1853 lOE Homily (Corpus Cambr. 302) in J. Bazire & J. E. Cross Eleven Old Eng. Rogationtide Homilies (1989) 70 Mænig mann..næfð þæt andgyt hwæt þa gastlican leoht synd, buton hit hym seo gastlicenysse gerece swa hit gecweden ys on gastlicum gewritum þurh gastlice leorneras. ?a1425 (a1396) W. Hilton Scale of Perfection (Lamb. 472) (2000) ii. iv. 163 Othir chaungynge feelist thou noon fro fleischliheed into goostlinesse. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection Pref. sig. Aii^v Shal be ryght delectable & pleasaunt, specially to al them that loueth gostlynesse. 1563 T. Becon Reliques of Rome (rev. ed.) f. 49^v For all hys ghostlinesse, religion, fayth, & lyfe consisteth with them onely in their white garmentes or coules. 1775 Gentleman's Mag. Dec. 628/2 The first letter, G, shews..his Ghostliness, Gospel, and Grace. 1835 Christian Mag. May 148 The young ladies..are taught to consider him and call him their ‘Ghostly Father’; but all the ghostliness that his Right Rev. seems to possess is in the name. 1893 J. B. Brown Stoics & Saints v. 122 This intrusion of a ghostly man of an inferior order of ghostliness, would cause some soreness in the monastery. †b. Spiritual matters or concerns; matters or affairs relating to religion. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > materiality > immateriality > [noun] > spirituality or being incorporeal > spiritual matters, ideas, or doctrine ghostlinessa1400 ghostliheadc1450 spiritualityc1450 spirituals1582 supersensualism1847 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 6449 To þaa [sc. wranges] þat gret birþin bar, Namli þat fel to gastli-nes, Suld vissed be thoru moyses. a1425 (?a1400) Cloud of Unknowing (Harl. 674) (1944) 75 (MED) In goostlynes alle is one, heiȝt & depnes, lengðe & brede. 2. The quality or condition of being ghostly (ghostly adj. 6); esp. the quality of resembling or being reminiscent of a ghost, spectre, etc., typically in appearance or sound, or of having an eerie or haunting atmosphere.The usual sense from the mid 17th cent. 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 1657 J. Bedford Perusal Old Statute 31 As in the saints though sin remain, yet the dominion is taken away: so though death remains, the ghostliness, the evil, the horror of death is removed and taken away by Jesus Christ. 1685 C. Cotton tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. I. xix. 133 A dark Room set round with burning Tapers, our Beds environed with Physicians and Divines; in sum, nothing but Ghostliness and Horror round about us, render it so formidable, that a Man almost fancies himself dead and buried already. 1850 E. K. Kane Jrnl. 21 Dec. in U.S. Grinnell Exped. (1853) xxxi. 266 One of them..told me, with an utter unconsciousness of his own ghostliness, that I was the palest of the party. 1883 Harper's Mag. June 131/1 Here among these hills with all their ghostliness she would haunt me. 1912 J. Conrad 'Twixt Land & Sea (1921) 232 The brig on the reef, looted by the natives from the coast villages, acquired gradually the lamentable aspect, the grey ghostliness of a wreck. 2019 C. S. Harrison Dreams Vanishing Afr. (e-book, accessed 27 Jan. 2021) A mist rolls in, obscuring the sunlight and lending an eerie ghostliness to the spot. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.lOE
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