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ghostsome

ghostsome adjective: marked by ghosts; ghostly.

Adjective

ghostsome (comparative more ghostsome, superlative most ghostsome)

  1. Marked by ghosts; ghostly
    • Brave Truman trekked'n'climbed for three solid days an' had varyin' adventurin's what I ain't time to tell you now, but he s'vived 'em all till he was up that feary'n'ghostsome summit in the clouds what you can see from anywhere on Big I an' so high up he cudn't see the world b'low.2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, London: Sceptre (Hodder and Stoughton), →ISBN
    • Said Wezel, that is a brilliant idea and the same time to[o] ghostsome but I love the way you keep your mind at work said his master.2009, Taku Celestin Julius, Infiltrator

Forms of ghostsome

comparativemore ghostsome
superlativemost ghostsome

Origin of ghostsome

From ghost + -some.

Questions about ghostsome

What does ghostsome mean?
Ghostsome means marked by ghosts; ghostly.
What part of speech is ghostsome?
Ghostsome is an adjective.

Words near ghostsome in the dictionary

  1. ghosts in the machine
  2. ghostshark
  3. ghostsharks
  4. ghostship
  5. ghostships
  6. ghostsome
  7. ghostweed
  8. ghostword
  9. ghostwords
  10. ghostwort
  11. ghostworts

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