spookist
spookist noun: a spiritualist or medium.
Noun
spookist (plural spookists)
- A spiritualist or medium.
- My father had a horror of girls' schools (and if he could “get through”—to use the orthodox expression of the spookists—he would find all his opinions on this subject more than justified by the manners, morals and learning of the young ladies of the present day) […](Can we date this quote?), Margot Asquith, An Autobiography
- The foolish, credulous dupes never for a moment consider the utter incongruousness of the association of their beloved dead or missing with these professional 'spookists.'2011, Stuart C. Cumberland, That Other World, page 18
Forms of spookist
| plural | spookists |
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Origin of spookist
From spook + -ist.
Questions about spookist
- What does spookist mean?
- Spookist means a spiritualist or medium.
- What part of speech is spookist?
- Spookist is a noun.
- What is the plural of spookist?
- The plural of spookist is spookists.
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