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ecto-mist

ecto-mist noun: a fog-like apparition associated with ghosts.

Noun

ecto-mist (countable and uncountable, plural ecto-mists)

  1. A fog-like apparition associated with ghosts.
    • The hotel had revealed many interesting energy anomalies, orbs, and ecto-mists, but none as impressive as these apparitions.2011 October 8, Melba Goodwyn, Ghost Worlds: A Guide to Poltergeists, Portals, Ecto-Mist, & Spirit Behavior, Llewellyn Worldwide, →ISBN, page 24
    • The majority of graveyard ghost stories that involve voices being heard and ecto-mist or full apparitions being seen could very well be the work of a cemetery guardian.2011 February 8, Melba Goodwyn, Chasing Graveyard Ghosts: Investigations of Haunted & Hallowed Ground, Llewellyn Worldwide, →ISBN, page 69

Forms of ecto-mist

pluralecto-mists

Origin of ecto-mist

From ecto- + mist.

Questions about ecto-mist

What does ecto-mist mean?
Ecto-mist means a fog-like apparition associated with ghosts.
What part of speech is ecto-mist?
Ecto-mist is a noun.
What is the plural of ecto-mist?
The plural of ecto-mist is ecto-mists.

Words near ecto-mist in the dictionary

  1. ectinosomatids
  2. ectinosomid
  3. ectinosomids
  4. ecto-
  5. ecto-blaster
  6. ecto-mist
  7. ecto-mists
  8. ectoanthropochory
  9. ectoantigen
  10. ectoantigens
  11. ectoaperture

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