ghostyadj.

Brit.

/ˈɡəʊsti/, U.S.

/ˈɡoʊsti/

Forms: see ghost n. and -y suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ghost n., -y suffix¹.

Etymology: < ghost n. + -y suffix¹. Compare earlier ghostly adj.In sense 1 probably after post-classical Latin spiritualis spiritual adj. With sense 2 compare earlier ghostily adv. and ghostish adj.

†1. Concerned with or relating to spiritual matters; spec. designating a person who is responsible for the spirit or soul of another person, or provides leadership or guidance with regard to religion, piety, or spirituality; = spiritual adj. 5. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > [adjective] > spiritually related

ghostlyOE

spirituala1400

ghosty1519

1519 D. James tr. Catherine of Siena Orcharde of Syon (de Worde) i. i. sig. a.ij/2 Also in this tyme of this holy desyre, she had vnderstandynge by a wrytynge whiche she had of her ghosty [?a1425 Harl. goostly] fader.

1525 J. Gough tr. J. Ryckes Ymage of Loue ix. sig. E.ii The extreme parte of ghosty wysdome that is in the commaundementes of god.

1684 Rome's Rarities 186 You'l find it observ'd among the Nuns of Lisbon, where this Story was related in their Covent, by one of that Society, to foster her ghosty Father.

2. Of or relating to ghosts; esp. resembling or reminiscent of a ghost; ghostly, ghost-like; (also of an idea, etc.) faint, remote; cf. ghost n. 14.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > ghost or phantom > [adjective] > resembling a ghost

ghost-like1573

spectred1791

ghostish1801

spectral1828

phantomish1832

wraith-like1865

ghosty1866

revenant1897

wraithly1909

1866 Examiner 8 Dec. 774 Mr. Dickens tells a good ghosty story of the Signal Man.

1880 R. Broughton Second Thoughts II. iii. viii. 244 Lucent pebbles underfoot, a ghosty moon overhead.

1943 ‘C. Dickson’ She died Lady (1951) xiv. 142 ‘I don't know!’ roared H.M. ‘I haven't got the ghostiest trace of a notion. The old man's completely stumped and flummoxed.’

2001 J. Boyle Galloway St. 147 The bog is a queer place... There's miles of brown land with a damp ghosty mist drifting over it.

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

单词	ghosty
释义	ghostyadj. Brit. /ˈɡəʊsti/, U.S. /ˈɡoʊsti/ Forms: see ghost n. and -y suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ghost n., -y suffix¹. Etymology: < ghost n. + -y suffix¹. Compare earlier ghostly adj.In sense 1 probably after post-classical Latin spiritualis spiritual adj. With sense 2 compare earlier ghostily adv. and ghostish adj. †1. Concerned with or relating to spiritual matters; spec. designating a person who is responsible for the spirit or soul of another person, or provides leadership or guidance with regard to religion, piety, or spirituality; = spiritual adj. 5. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > [adjective] > spiritually related ghostlyOE spirituala1400 ghosty1519 1519 D. James tr. Catherine of Siena Orcharde of Syon (de Worde) i. i. sig. a.ij/2 Also in this tyme of this holy desyre, she had vnderstandynge by a wrytynge whiche she had of her ghosty [?a1425 Harl. goostly] fader. 1525 J. Gough tr. J. Ryckes Ymage of Loue ix. sig. E.ii The extreme parte of ghosty wysdome that is in the commaundementes of god. 1684 Rome's Rarities 186 You'l find it observ'd among the Nuns of Lisbon, where this Story was related in their Covent, by one of that Society, to foster her ghosty Father. 2. Of or relating to ghosts; esp. resembling or reminiscent of a ghost; ghostly, ghost-like; (also of an idea, etc.) faint, remote; cf. ghost n. 14. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > ghost or phantom > [adjective] > resembling a ghost ghost-like1573 spectred1791 ghostish1801 spectral1828 phantomish1832 wraith-like1865 ghosty1866 revenant1897 wraithly1909 1866 Examiner 8 Dec. 774 Mr. Dickens tells a good ghosty story of the Signal Man. 1880 R. Broughton Second Thoughts II. iii. viii. 244 Lucent pebbles underfoot, a ghosty moon overhead. 1943 ‘C. Dickson’ She died Lady (1951) xiv. 142 ‘I don't know!’ roared H.M. ‘I haven't got the ghostiest trace of a notion. The old man's completely stumped and flummoxed.’ 2001 J. Boyle Galloway St. 147 The bog is a queer place... There's miles of brown land with a damp ghosty mist drifting over it. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1519
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