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spectred

spectred adjective: ghostly.

Adjective

spectred (comparative more spectred, superlative most spectred)

  1. ghostly
    • And the picture's tints grew deeper, Redder, blacker, as I gazed, And my weak knees smote together, And my eyes grew dim and glazed, At the vision's spectred horrors From the graves of vengeance raised.1864, Various, The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No. 6, December 1864

Forms of spectred

comparativemore spectred
superlativemost spectred

Origin of spectred

From spectre + -ed.

Questions about spectred

What does spectred mean?
Spectred means ghostly.
What part of speech is spectred?
Spectred is an adjective.

Words near spectred in the dictionary

  1. spectre
  2. spectre at the feast
  3. spectre bat
  4. spectre bats
  5. spectre of the Brocken
  6. spectred
  7. spectrelike
  8. spectres
  9. spectres at the feast
  10. spectrin
  11. spectrinopathies

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