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ghostless

ghostless adjective: without spirit, soul, or life; dead.

Adjective

ghostless (not comparable)

  1. Without spirit, soul, or life; dead.
  2. Without a ghost.
    • I don't know about Gary, but I dreamed about dark, spooky houses and horrible, groaning ghosts all night. I was glad to wake up and find it was a bright, sunny, ghostless morning.1996, Michael Dugan, It's Just a Trick

Origin of ghostless

From Middle English *gostles, from Old English gāstlēas (“lifeless, dead”), equivalent to ghost + -less. Cognate with Dutch geestloos, German geistlos.

Words formed from ghostless

Questions about ghostless

What does ghostless mean?
Ghostless means without spirit, soul, or life; dead.
What part of speech is ghostless?
Ghostless is an adjective.

Words near ghostless in the dictionary

  1. ghostkind
  2. ghostking
  3. ghostkings
  4. ghostland
  5. ghostlands
  6. ghostless
  7. ghostlessness
  8. ghostlet
  9. ghostlets
  10. ghostlier
  11. ghostliest

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